With the government shutdown now in day 30, Congressman Bill Huizenga has introduced legislation that would make Congress feel the pain when it doesn’t do its job.

Huizenga tells us the No Budget, No Pay Act would do more than just withhold the pay of members when there’s a shutdown.

“If we, as members of Congress, cannot get the budget, which is the outline of our spending, and the 12 appropriations bills, which are all the details of all of our spending in the Department of War, the Department of Transportation, Health and Human Services, all of the different departments and divisions of government, then we don’t get paid if we can’t do that by October 1,” Huizenga said.

The bill would still allow continuing resolutions to keep the government open, but it would stop members of Congress from getting paid until all 12 appropriations bills are passed along with the budget.

Huizenga says the legislation would ensure Congress does its job and passes the federal budget on time — something that hasn’t occurred since 1996. It also stipulates that once Congress does pass a budget, it would get no backpay for pay lost during a shutdown.

Huizenga has introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act with Democratic Representative Scott Peters of California.