As Republicans struggle to find a Speaker of the House, bipartisan budget conversations have paused. With another government funding deadline fast approaching, the crazy thing is if there's a shutdown, congressional officeholders, not military members, continue to receive their pay. Johanna Maska talks to Congressman Wiley Nickel from a swing district in North Carolina about what he's seen since he got to Washington, whether there can be a bipartisan solution to fill the speaker vacancy, and his new legislation, with bipartisan support to stop the pay of Congress when they don't do their job.
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