Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Explains ‘Dark Money’ Reason Lawmakers Need Pay Raise

Posted on AllSides June 11th, 2019
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) acknowledged Tuesday that her support of a pay raise for members of Congress is “not a fun or politically popular position to take.”

But the freshman lawmaker explained in a thread on Twitter why she believed the idea of curbing pay increases for politicians “may sound nice,” but it “only increases pressure on them to keep dark money loopholes open.”

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