- Parliamentary dysfunction is not just a problem for members.
- The Congressional Management Foundation said many senior aides are also keeping an eye on the departure.
- One Republican aide cited the “my way or the highway” attitude as a problem with the current Congress.
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With Republicans holding a narrow House majority, the wave of lawmakers calling for resignation on Capitol Hill in recent months, many citing deep-seated vitriol, has been difficult to ignore.
However, deadlock among members and partisan tensions are also taking a toll on Congressional leaders.
Almost half of the top tier Aides are now looking at the exitThis was revealed in a survey conducted by the nonprofit Congressional Management Foundation, which aims to strengthen trust in Congress.
According to the report, 48% of senior staff are considering leaving Capitol Hill due to “violent comments from their opponents.”
The Congressional Management Foundation sent email invitations to more than 2,700 senior staffers in the House and Senate, and 138 staffers chose to participate in the survey.
Among senior officials surveyed who said they thought about resigning “somewhat often” and believed it was due to their party’s rhetoric, 59% were Republicans; He was a Democrat.
“The ‘road-or-highway’ attitude held by some members of both parties, sometimes combined with the clear view that they are the only ones fighting for the ‘best’ version of the United States. , it’s not beneficial to our constitutional republic,” the Republican House Legislative Director told the Foundation.
“Dictatorship is not governing, and governing requires compromise, which seems more difficult to achieve with the latest ranks of House members,” the Legislative Director added.
The report found that Democrats had a much higher level of anxiety than Republicans about their safety and the safety of their colleagues in Congress (73% vs. 47%), but this was due to tougher political debates and January 6 It was a byproduct of the Capitol riot.
While Republicans are largely trying to move on from the events of Jan. 6, Democrats continue to go after Republicans on the issue, using the defense of democracy as a key issue in elections across the country this year.
“The physical and emotional toll of this place cannot be understated,” a Democratic House staff director told the Foundation. “We are at risk as a nation.”
Since the opening of the 118th Congress in January 2023, former Republican Chairman Kevin McCarthy of California, former Republican Reps. Ken Buck of Colorado and Bill Johnson of Ohio, and former Republican Rep. David Cicilline of R.O. Several members, including Democrats, left the House. Island Higgins and Brian Higgins of New York;
Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, who currently chairs the Chinese Communist Party Select Committee, is scheduled to leave Congress next month.
Days before leaving the House of Commons, Mr Buck criticized the current state of bodies, claiming it was “going downhill”.
More than 40 members of the House of Representatives have so far announced that they will not run for re-election this November. Some of them are aiming for higher positions, while others are retiring.