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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says She Can't Afford Washington Apartment Yet

(CBS NEWS) - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, but she's still a millennial who worries about paying rent. No, really. "I have three months without a salary before I'm a member of Congress. So, how do I get an apartment? Those little things are very real," Ocasio-Cortez said to The New York Times this week. "We're kind of just dealing with the logistics of it day by day, but I've really been just kind of squirreling away and then hoping that gets me to January."

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses the crowd gathered at La Boom night club in Queens on November 6, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Rick Loomis/Getty Images)
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