These internships are so highly prized by young people planning a political career congressmen could charge a premium for the job and people would pay. I’m sure that happens under the table. Of course these jobs are limited to the independently wealthy or people with a wealthy sponsor.
This isn’t the whole story. She did secure their services for $24 in beads and trinkets.
“Warren actively is seeking interns for her Senate offices.”
Not sure but I don’t think this grammar is correct. Shouldn’t it be-
Warren is actively seeking...
I was a Congressional intern in undergrad and I never heard of any intern, working for a Republican or a Democrat, getting paid. Some did get small travel stipends to offset the costs of riding Metro, but that was it ... and those were very rare cases.
Interns are properly seen as office volunteers. Congressional offices can’t run without them (just like campaigns can’t run without volunteers) and as a taxpayer I have no issue with it.