date:Jul 28, 2014
st-food restaurants and do other entry-level jobs below the poverty line.
So this week, the four lawmakers are living on just $77: a minimum wage workers average weekly budget for food, transportation, medical costs and entertainment after paying for housing and taxes.
On Wednesday afternoon, Representative Jan Schakowsky of Illinois struggled to open a can of tuna fish in her airy apartment in a tree-lined Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Shes lived there for 16 years, but says she rarely cooks m