A 2010 report from the Sunlight foundation found overall decreases in congressional policy job positions over the previous 25 years as well as real wage decreases for those who had the remaining jobs.
A 2013 study found that low pay was a driving force for many congressional staffers leaving their posts.
The numbers show that the average legislative staffer of Capitol Hill experience can typically forgo the long hours and relatively low pay of a Hill job by cashing in as a lobbyist after just a few years of experience.
So staff turnover in Congress ends up being higher than you might think.
A 2017 report from the Congressional Management Foundation found that "There are no staff positions in Senate or House committees or personal offices with a median tenure of more than four years. That means most of the key staffers on Capitol Hill - the ones who directly support the policy and constituent engagement work of Senators and Representatives - are fairly new to their jobs."
Legislators could take a revenue-neutral stance of decreasing the money for executive staff by the same amount they increase the legislative staff budget.
Now that we're confronted with a leviathan of this magnitude, we're going to need to spend some more money on congressional staff if we ever want to shrink it.
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/how-raising-congressional-staff-pay-could-help-drain-the-swamp/
A 2013 study found that low pay was a driving force for many congressional staffers leaving their posts.
The numbers show that the average legislative staffer of Capitol Hill experience can typically forgo the long hours and relatively low pay of a Hill job by cashing in as a lobbyist after just a few years of experience.
So staff turnover in Congress ends up being higher than you might think.
A 2017 report from the Congressional Management Foundation found that "There are no staff positions in Senate or House committees or personal offices with a median tenure of more than four years. That means most of the key staffers on Capitol Hill - the ones who directly support the policy and constituent engagement work of Senators and Representatives - are fairly new to their jobs."
Legislators could take a revenue-neutral stance of decreasing the money for executive staff by the same amount they increase the legislative staff budget.
Now that we're confronted with a leviathan of this magnitude, we're going to need to spend some more money on congressional staff if we ever want to shrink it.
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/how-raising-congressional-staff-pay-could-help-drain-the-swamp/
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