“We’re not looking to replicate the hierarchies that exist in Congress right now.”
The interest is definitely there. Since announcing its formation in early June, the Congressional Progressive Staff Association has attracted some 500 members, mainly from the offices of progressive lawmakers, but also from more mainstream and conservative Democrat offices. The group hosted a widely attended inaugural virtual meeting and a subsequent in-person happy hour, and plans to invite progressive speakers, including grassroots activists, to meet with staffers.
Laudick points to low pay and long hours due to understaffing. Progressive staffers, she says, face additional barriers in actually getting their ideas implemented. “So if you start to feel siloed, or you're alone in your work," she says, "I think it quickly becomes a dangerous place to make change, but also for your mental health and well-being.”
Some lawmakers have also expressed concerns about staffer pay and its impact on morale and retention. In mid-June, 110 lawmakers, led by New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, wrote ato the House committee in charge of allocating funding and asked for a 21% increase to the Members’ Representational Allowance, a pot of money that is used to fund staffer salaries.
“We're not looking to replicate the hierarchies that exist in Congress right now," Laudick explains. "It's really important that we push a culture where our interns and fellows are just as important as the [senior] staff.… Their voices should be just as loud.”
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