(CNN) Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and GOP Sen. Ted Cruz came together Thursday on Twitter in a professed effort to ban former lawmakers from taking paid lobbying positions.

In an ambitious bipartisan effort, the two seemingly opposite legislators found common ground in their disapproval of former members of Congress wielding their influence in new careers as government lobbyists.

Ocasio-Cortez kicked things off, tweeting , "If you are a member of Congress + leave, you shouldn't be allowed to turn right around&leverage your service for a lobbyist check."

"I don't think it should be legal at ALL to become a corporate lobbyist if you've served in Congress," she added. "At minimum there should be a long wait period."

If you are a member of Congress + leave, you shouldn't be allowed to turn right around&leverage your service for a lobbyist check.



I don't think it should be legal at ALL to become a corporate lobbyist if you've served in Congress.



At minimum there should be a long wait period. https://t.co/xMu9Mwmdm6 — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 30, 2019

Cruz then retweeted the New York Democrat's statement, saying he agreed with her, adding that "the Swamp would hate it."