According to The Hill, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) announced a minimum $52,000 annual salary for her staff. Entry-level congressional staff positions often earn as little as 30,000 per year. As we mentioned in class, people who work on The Hill, can go on to earn bigger bucks as lobbyists.
Fox and Friends host, Pete Hegseth, said that this is "socialism and communism on display" as part of an effort by Ocasio-Cortez to "redistribute wealth" from head staffers to entry-level congressional staff.
According to NPR, Ocasio-Cortez also pays her interns $15 per hour, her proposed minimum wage for workers nationwide. Paying interns has become a trend among both parties, conveniently after I ended my congressional internship two summers ago. :-( At least four other members of Congress pay their interns roughly this amount:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.)
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)
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