Ocasio-Cortez calls for congressional salaries to be furloughed during next shutdown
“It’s completely unacceptable that members of Congress can force a government shutdown on partisan lines & then have Congressional salaries exempt from that decision,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter.
“Have some integrity,” she added, calling for salaries to be furloughed for the next shutdown.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/budget/422605-ocasio-cortez-calls-for-congressional-salaries-to-be-furloughed-during
I'd go a step further and say that none of the non essentials or congress should be paid - nor should that pay be made up....no free vacations and retro pay.
