LegiStorm

Caught Our Eye

• Congressional staffer jobs continue to go digital

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 11, 2019
  Among congressional staffers, online-focused jobs are at an all-time high. read more

• After years of decline, women are returning to the halls of Congress

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 8, 2019
  After years of hiring fewer and fewer women, Congress is finally reversing course. read more

• For congressional staffers, advanced degrees can pay off

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 9, 2018
  An advanced degree can earn the average congressional staffer thousands more in annual pay, according to LegiStorm data.  read more

• GOP outmourns Democrats after Barbara Bush's passing

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 19, 2018
  When partisan battles have raged over the years in Washington, first ladies mostly have risen above the fray and managed bipartisan respect. During her life, Barbara Bush was no exception.  read more

• White congressional aides make thousands more

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 11, 2018
  White congressional staffers make thousands a year more than their non-white colleagues, according to a new LegiStorm analysis of congressional salaries. read more

• Female congressional aides make less than men

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 9, 2018
  Both parties have substantially minimized pay gaps between female and male congressional staffers over the last decade. But it hasn't been enough to reverse a bigger trend: Women working for Congress still make less than men, according to a new LegiStorm analysis of congressional salaries. read more

• How much more would you make at the top?

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 4, 2018
  Congressional staff assistants, take heart: Although you make a paltry salary, by the time you've landed that coveted chief of staff job, your annual pay will have more than quadrupled, according to new congressional salary figures available. read more

• Senate pays thousands more than House for same job titles

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 26, 2018
  For House staffers, landing the same job on the Senate side isn't a lateral job move — it's one that brings more responsibility and, usually, a lot more pay. read more

• House staffers took home big bonuses in 2017

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 19, 2018
  House staffers ended last year with the biggest holiday bonuses of any non-election year of the last decade. read more

• One lawmaker stretches budget dollars to the max

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 11, 2017
  Republicans make up the House's top six spenders of public funds so far this year. But only one has spending habits that put him potentially at risk for having to personally repay thousands of dollars to the U.S. Treasury, according to a LegiStorm review of House budgets and expenses. read more

• A tale of the freshman tortoise and hare

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 12, 2017
  In the race for freshmen members of Congress to get their offices fully operational, new spending data shows that Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) was the tortoise, Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.) the hare. read more

• Vulnerable House incumbents spending more taxpayer funds in 2016

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 19, 2016
  Representatives who faced the toughest re-election races spent more of their 2016 taxpayer-funded office budgets than average, according to a new analysis by LegiStorm. read more

• Retiring House members spending less in 2016

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 12, 2016
  Members of the House who planned their retirement at the end of this 114th Congress have spent less of their 2016 budgets than average, according to a new analysis by LegiStorm. read more

• K Street slowing down GOP hiring

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 31, 2016
  As the election nears and Republicans' continued congressional majority is called into question, lobbying firms have slowed down hiring of former GOP Hill staffers, according to LegiStorm lobbying data. read more

• GOP House members top Dems in 2016 official spending

  Posted by Jock Friedly on Sept. 28, 2016
  Eight of the top 10 spenders of taxpayer funds in the House of Representatives this year are Republicans, as GOP lawmakers spend disproportionate amounts of their office budgets on mass mailings ahead of the elections. read more

Awardees

People whose biographical information includes an award from U.S. House of Representatives:

• Emily E. Rossi

  (2014)
  Employee Excellence Award