Paying Congressional Staff

by | Aug 24, 2021 | Congress, Staff

Jim Kolbe and Vic Fazio at the Arizona Daily Star: Whether as a member or a staffer, working on Capitol Hill is a public service and inevitably comes with sacrifice, including a lower salary than the private sector. However, the current Congress doesn’t just ask for...

Staff Salaries

by | Aug 13, 2021 | Congress, Staff

Katherine Tully-McManus and Heather Caygle at Politico: House staffers are abuzz with the news that the chamber is lifting a salary cap for top employees that forced high-ranking and expert aides to accept salaries below those of members, which have been frozen for...

The Staff Academy

by | May 16, 2021 | Congress, Staff

Catherine Szpindor, Chief Administrative Officer at House of Representatives, testified before the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: CAO training has evolved. It began with a few classrooms where you could learn WordPerfect and other technical...