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Lee Drutman: Experience matters on Capitol Hill

Congressional staff salaries are significantly lower than five years ago. In a letter to House and Senate leaders, five experts urge Congress to reverse that tr...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

April 6, 2016 11:26 am

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Lee Drutman, senior fellow, New America Foundation

Congressional staff salaries are significantly lower than five years ago. In a letter to House and Senate leaders, five experts urge Congress to reverse that trend. Lee Drutman, senior fellow in the program on political reform at the New America Foundation, and one of the signatories, talked with Federal News Radio's Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about why experience matters on Capitol Hill.

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