So once again, we have the SAME issue that we always have with the Dems, and to some extent, the Repubs. They pass a law (which they probably didn't read) which applies to everybody else but not themselves. They use interns (BOY, do they use interns!) without paying them after they passed a minimum wage law that ended up eliminating jobs, particularly for younger people. (The U.S. unemployment rate for workers under 25 years old is about 20%.) Now they've decreed from on high that the rules won't/don't apply to themselves. Of course not.
As President Obama’s Labor Department considers cracking down on private businesses that reward interns with credit rather than cash, Capitol Hill teems with unpaid interns who keep lawmakers’ offices running.
Interns perform a variety of important office tasks, including answering phones, leading constituent tours, and running errands. Many receive academic credit for their work as a part of their undergraduate or graduate studies, according to staff officials.
But top-ranking congressional Democrats, including those who pushed hard for legislation that raised the minimum wage in 2007, say they’re still comfortable with not paying interns who work in their offices.
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