Private-sector paydays threaten Mike Johnson's House majority

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28. Sorry, But NOT All Of Them Are Rolling In Money...

Before being elected. And rent in DC is fucking astronomical.

The average rent in Washington, DC varies by the number of bedrooms in the apartment, with the average rent for a studio being lower than that of a one-bedroom, two-bedroom, or three-bedroom apartment:
Studio: $1,867 per month
One bedroom: $2,302 per month
Two bedroom: $3,089 per month
Three bedroom: $3,878 per month
The median rent for a house in Washington, DC is $2,500, with a range of $685–$25,000.

I’m fairly well compensated as a nurse (comparatively speaking), but I couldn’t afford that rent. I need a 2 Br because my son lives with me. No fucking way I could toss out what’s more than double what I pay now.

You’re lumping EVERY member of Congress together with all the rich Congress critters. It doesn’t work that way. Not all of them are born with silver spoons up their noses. Maxwell Frost is not, nor was he rolling in dough when he won in ‘22; he was just 25 when he was elected. Not many people that age making enough money to go right into DC and get a place, and he was no exception: He basically wasn’t working while running, as that’s a full time job. In addition, he’d had to run up personal debt to finance his campaign. That debt was one reason he couldn’t get an apartment.