Posted on 10/30/2014 9:22:53 AM PDT by Parmenio
With projections of a GOP win growing daily, nervousness in Senate committee offices has turned to panic as an army of Democratic staffers braces to be fired, replaced by a Republican majority and their aides.
The spoils of political war? Estimates are that 300-600 Democratic committee and personal staff jobs would be on the chopping block if the Republicans pull off the expected victory.
“There will be a mass exodus of Senate Democrat staff from committees,” said one insider.
And Republicans will get to hire hundreds more aides. A loss on Tuesday that keeps the Democrats in charge of the Senate will cost no GOP jobs, other than those working for retiring lawmakers.
Under a Senate deal cut by Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the funding and staff breakdown on committees is about 60 percent for the majority, and 40 percent for the minority. It had been two-thirds majority, one-third minority, but the GOP cut the deal in order to keep their minimum funding at 40 percent.
Also getting hit would be the offices of Reid and other Democratic leaders.
For Democratic staffers, the potential layoffs couldn’t come at a worse time. According to officials, some will find jobs in the Obama administration, but those openings are few and will last only two years. And Hillary Clinton’s team is already loaded up with long-time aides, leaving few policy jobs for outsiders.
"There will be nowhere in the downtown private sector to go. Maybe 10 percent can find a slot in the Obama administration. It will be ugly," said a former White House aide now working on K Street.
That's because many lobbying firms are full-up with Democrats.
And there are already a sizable number of Democratic staffers already looking for work since their bosses are retiring.
“It could be a lot of individuals. And that’s not even counting all the people looking for work now with a retirement coming up,” said a key Senate Democratic staffer.
Exactly..... I hope it is more than that
But their leadership promised living wages, free health care, affordable housing for all, and practically guaranteed basic income. They had 6 years and an unlimited budget to implement it. What could they possibly be worried about?
Only problem with that statement is that everyone knows this is hyped to get the dems to go vote. All those dem staffers looking for jobs will get calls from the incoming GOPe RINOs who will snap up the most experienced/connected ones. Then the dems will have people on the inside with clear access to everything the republicans are planning to do. The dems and GOPe work together. The conservatives in Congress seriously need to watch their backs.
Well...at least it won’t be ILLEGALS replacing them....but, the “fired” staff can now go try and get jobs in the REAL marketplace.....baawwaaaahhhhhhhh
They’ll all be re-hired by the GOP winners. No money savings at all.
Exactly
I’ll wait till next Wednesday, but if as expected the GOP takes control of the Senate (and expands its House #s) I will cheer. Most of these staffers are worse than their bosses.
The birds will sing and the skies will be blue when all ideologues from both parties and all unionized affirmative-action bureaucrats from every agency not specifically mentioned in the Constitution are fired and replaced by no one ...
They probably have sweet pensions and no Obamacare we will be paying for for life. Better take a look there.
Actually not only should there be hill firings but with an administration change every fed employee should be asked to hand in resignation. And if they don’t,lay them off.
I guess horse whipping thru the DC streets in over the top eh?
Back in 2004 my coworker’s sister worked at the county ODOT facility. In conversation the sis told me she was a democrat but was voting for Bush. When I asked why she said when a new party is elected, they all lose their jobs. She got what she wanted...
Not to worry.....There will be plenty of newly elected faux Republicans/RINOs willing to hire out of work “experienced” staffers!
That would truly be a silver lining for a bright, shiny cloud.
The manna is going.
(six figures)
They should hire us! Think of it as "reparations".
With an army of FReepers in Congress, the RINOs' lives would be a living hell.
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