Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the lone Democrat to vote against the latest stimulus bill, tells Republicans to start legislating 'like rent was due'

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• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, said Republicans care more about big business than "mom and pops," and urged her fellow lawmakers to pursue rent and mortgage relief.
• "If you had urgency, you would legislate like rent was due May 1 and make sure that we include rent and mortgage relief for our constituents," the lawmaker said.
• A self-described democratic socialist, Ocasio-Cortez joined with four fiscal conservatives in voting against Thursday's stimulus measure, which largely provided relief to small to mid-size businesses.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said this Thursday that if Republicans in the House of Representatives had any sense of urgency, they "would legislate like rent was due on May 1st" — and be looking to provide relief to working families, not just their employers.

Ocasio-Cortez, a self-described democratic socialist elected in 2018, joined four fiscal conservatives in voting against the latest, $484 billion stimulus measure to pass the House. That bill, which passed in the Senate on Tuesday, includes $320 billion for the Paycheck Protect Program, which provides emergency loans to small businesses.

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