Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress should have their pay frozen until the fight over whether to increase the country's debt ceiling is resolved, Democratic Representative Abigail Spanberger said in a letter on Friday.
"If the American people and the American economy are suffering as a result of congressional inaction, then members of Congress should not be rewarded with their pay," Spanberger, 43, wrote in a letter to Congress's chief administrative officer.
It is not clear how the congressional administration would block pay, but Spanberger's call is illustrative of a growing frustration within Congress at the gridlock.if lawmakers fail to lift the amount of debt the country is legally allowed to take on, a result that would throw stock markets around the world into chaos, as the United States' reliability as a debt payer is a foundational assumption of the global economy.
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