During the US government shutdown all of the senators and house representatives have received full pay on time but air traffic controllers and other government workers have not.
Why are all of the senators at house representatives being paid now for not doing their jobs yet so many others are not?
I think a little rule change would help resolve this problem quicker the next time it happens, and it will. How about if all senators and all of the house representatives including their staff do not get paid during a shutdown? I include their staff because the people in power would be more inclined to be personally affected when their staff is not being paid because of their actions. Also their staff interacts with them every day and would definitely be doing what they can to end the shutdown.
A nice simple way to resolve the problem a lot quicker regardless of which party is in power.
--------------------------------------- added after 8 hours
phart what do you think?