- A total of 48 lawmakers – both Democrats and Republicans – have said they will not take a salary while the government is shutdown
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t saying whether or not she’ll take her salary
- Ocasio-Cortez, in December, tweeted that members of Congress should ‘have some integrity’ and not take a paycheck during the shutdown
- Her office did not respond to DailyMail.com’s inquiry if she’s taking a salary
Thirteen new members of Congress have said they are not taking a salary during the partial government shutdown but rising Democratic star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t saying whether or not she’s getting paid during the closure.
Ocasio-Cortez, in December before she took the oath of office, tweeted that members of Congress should ‘have some integrity’ and not take a paycheck during the shutdown.
‘Next time we have a gov shutdown, Congressional salaries should be furloughed as well,’ she wrote. ‘It’s completely unacceptable that members of Congress can force a government shutdown on partisan lines & then have Congressional salaries exempt from that decision. Have some integrity.’
But her office did not respond to DailyMail.com’s inquiry if she’s taking a salary while some 800,000 federal workers are either furloughed or working without pay.