Lawmakers still seeking unpaid interns in 2018.
Apartmentsdotcom lists zero apartments under $1,000 a month on Capitol Hill.
Zero.
That seriously limits who can afford to take an internship.— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) December 3, 2018
Gotta love the rich irony of Congressmen asking “How are you going to pay for it?” suddenly grow awfully quiet when called out on their expectation that part-time workers magically invent money to work for free https://t.co/303cx5DpvA
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 3, 2018
.@saikatc confirms @Ocasio2018 will pay her interns “at least” $15/hr
A 2017 study found that only 8% of House Republicans and 4% (!) of House Ds pay their interns
Also, read @DPAQreport: https://t.co/Y7imloMdhi https://t.co/e1nl88jsOV— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) December 4, 2018
Time to walk the walk.
Very few members of Congress actually pay their interns. We will be one of them. https://t.co/BuKCDSai0K— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 5, 2018