Progressive U.S. House member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is gaining support from a most unusual source, arch-conservative Republican Senator Ted Cruz, for her suggestion to ban lobbying by former members of Congress. "Here’s something I don’t say often: on this point, I AGREE with @AOC," wrote Cruz, an ally of President Donald Trump, in response to her message on Twitter Thursday. "The Swamp would hate it, but perhaps a chance for some bipartisan cooperation?" Ocasio-Cortez of New York, the most visible of Congress’s new progressive insurgents, didn’t immediately agree, tweeting back that she’d only pair with Cruz if they could "agree on a bill with no partisan snuck-in clauses, no poison pills, etc." "Then I’ll co-lead the bill with you," she wrote. "You’re on," Cruz responded. Trump campaigned in 2016 on a promise to "drain the swamp" in Washington, but little has been done to tighten ethics rules aside from a bill passed this year by House Democrats and ignored by Senate Republicans. Ted Cruz ✔ @tedcruz You’re on. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ✔ @AOC .@tedcruz if you’re serious about a clean bill, then I’m down. Let’s make a deal. If we can agree on a bill with no partisan snuck-in clauses, no poison pills, etc - just a straight, clean ban on members of Congress becoming paid lobbyists - then I’ll co-lead the bill with you. https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1134166282071412741 … 112K 5:02 PM - May 30, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 18K people are talking about this Current rules bar former members of the House of Representatives from lobbying their old colleagues for a year after leaving. The Senate has a two-year ban. "I don’t think it should be legal at ALL to become a corporate lobbyist if you’ve served in Congress," Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter. "At minimum there should be a long wait period." Yet many lawmakers -- such as former House Speaker John Boehner, who joined the board of marijuana company Acreage Holdings Inc. -- provide advice on policy for companies, which isn’t covered by the lobbying ban because it doesn’t involve cajoling their onetime colleagues in Congress. Ocasio-Cortez cited a report from the watchdog group Public Citizen that said almost 60% of the lawmakers who left Congress last year have taken have taken jobs influencing policy. "It is understandably unpopular to discuss giving Congress any raises or perks - & bc of that, there’s incentive to keep $ loopholes open," she wrote. In March, Cruz tweeted a message by another ideological opposite, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, who said Facebook Inc. has too much power over speech online. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm TICTOC ON SOCIAL: Follow TicToc on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tictoc Like TicToc on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tictoc Follow TicToc on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tictoc Watch all of TicToc’s videos: https://www.tictoc.video/ Listen to TicToc’s podcast: https://apple.co/2D3Vta7 Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/2FJ0oQZ TicToc by Bloomberg is global news for the life you lead. We are a 24/7 news network that covers breaking news, politics, technology, business and entertainment stories from around the globe, supported by a network of Bloomberg’s 2,700 journalists across 120 countries.