Save for laterHouse lawmakers are intent on giving staff members a raise in 2017, concerned that low pay and long hours are contributing to turnover and congressional brain drain.
But the money won't go very far, according to a Roll Call analysis.
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Roll Call analysis shows stagnant salaries lag far behind costs
An aide tends the door to a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol in December. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
