Rep. Cori Bush protesting and slept on the steps outside the U.S. Capitol Building for 5 days in protest of the expiration of the eviction moratorium, Today, the White House said it intends to extend the eviction moratorium.
https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1422655455558516752
Rep. Cori Bush is a single mother of two children who gave up her health insurance to run for office and left full-time work as an ordained pastor and nurse. She knows the sharpness of poverty in a way too many lawmakers don’t. This is from December feministgiant.com/p/essay-a-time…
“I’ve slept in my car… I don’t want that for anyone else,” Rep. Cori Bush msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…
The majority of the legislators tasked with determining just how sharp the hunger and how deep the bite of poverty that millions of Americans must endure in a pandemic are too insulated by their wealth to feel that urgency in their heart, let alone their gut.
Most members of Congress earn $174,000 a year, which is more than triple the average wage across all American workers of $51,960 and higher than the median earnings of even the highest paying jobs in America.
The typical congressional representative – including both senators and House members – has “an estimated net worth of over $500,000, or roughly five times the median U.S. household net worth.” feministgiant.com/p/essay-a-time…
“Being poor is so expensive,” Rep. Cori Bush 
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