WORKPLACE ISSUES: There Are Multiple Staff-Related Provisions In The Congressional Reform Package

A path to bigger personal staffs for House Members could be cleared if the bipartisan recommendations  from the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress are adopted. All House staff members would be paid twice a month instead of the monthly compensation schedule they have worked on for decades, under the recommendations. Modernization panel Chairman…

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WORKING ON THE HILL: Three GOP Senate Freshmen Among Top 10 For Staff Pay

Data compiled by Legistorm finds three Senate Republican freshmen among the top 10 best-paying solons in the upper chamber of Congress, according to a report published just before the Christmas break. “Among the top ten highest paying Senate offices, three first-term senators made the list: Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) with a median office salary of…

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*Welcome Back! It’s A New Year, 2020

Here’s hoping you had an absolutely wonderful holiday and that you are revved up about being back on Capitol Hill “tanned, rested and ready” for the second session of the 116th Congress in 2020. Here’s what you can expect to find on HillFaith in coming months: First, what they didn’t tell you in college about…

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THINK ABOUT THIS: Can Science Alone Explain Morality?

Every human being who ever walked the face of the Earth has an innate sense that some acts are “good” and others are “bad.” Every known human society has had a moral code that defines what is good and bad. But from where does that sense of right and wrong come? Are people born with…

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