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May a Senate Aide Date the Office’s Senior Staffer?

Q: I am a Senate staffer and, as much as I hate to admit it, I think I have developed a full-fledged crush on our office’s chief of staff. While he and I have always casually flirted with one another, it has recently escalated to the point that I am now considering pursuing a relationship with him. I sense that the feelings are mutual. Before going for it, I wanted to make sure that the rules allow a staffer to date his or her supervisor. Do the Senate ethics rules prohibit us from dating?

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
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