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WASHINGTON mdash;Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the newly elected congresswoman from New York, rallied behind underpaid staff and unpaid interns on Capitol Hill and urged her soon-to-be workplace to increase funding for congressional offices.In a Monday afternoon tweet, Ocasio-Cortez said she talked to bartenders, managers and servers at a dive bar
converse in Washington, D.C., this week who were working second jobs to support their day jobs in House and Senate offices. This is a disgrace. Congress of ALL places should raise MRAs so we can pay staff an actual DC living wage, she wrote, referring to theMembers Representational Allowance, the budget members of Congress receive every session to operate their Capitol Hill and district offices.
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ugg ress to budget a living wage for ourselves, yet rely on unpaid interns underpaid overworked staff just bc Republicans want to make a statement about fiscal responsibility, Ocasio-Cortez added. If that s the case, they can cut down on staff to pay them well. Or raise the MRA. The MRA has been included in every annual appropriations bill since it was established in 1996. The congressional allocation grants representatives and senators funds to pay staff and finance business travel and other expenses mdash; like office rent, mail and utilities. These funds are separate from the annual$174,000 salaryeach rank-and-file member of Congress receives. After 2010, when appropriatio
