Let me guess….republican fault because they hare democracy
I think that the partisan non-permanent Congressional staff in both House and Senate should come from the district and state of the congresscritter and senator. Their states should pick up the tab, after all the state benefits in pork delivered by their congresscritters/senators. If this was done there would be more focus on “back home” and less on the betterment of the Beltway & K street. The staff should feel that loyalty even if its only through their paycheck to the folks back home. It also would deemphasize the “staff” as a unanswerable independent power in Congress. It wouldn’t eliminate that but it would greatly trim its sails. Staffers from the permanent select committees should entirely come from the GS bureaucracy and should have limited time there before rotating back to their home agencies. The Congressional O&M people clerical, maintenance, IT & security should be administered by an independent commission. Particularly the Capital police no more private armies for future Pelosies!