House Republicans on Thursday proposed slashing the budget for Congress itself, continuing a process that critics are likening to a self-inflicted lobotomy.
The 6.4 percent budget cut that leaders of the House Appropriations Committee intend for the legislative branch next year would require significant reductions in pay and staff for congressional offices, as well as for the Congressional Research Service and the Government Accountability Office.
The inevitable result of the budget cuts will be even greater turnover among congressional staffers, said Daniel Schuman, policy director for the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to increasing government transparency.
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