Congressional Staff and Support
*Congressional staff are employees of the United States Congress or individual members of Congress.
*There are 5 main types of congressional staff members:
*There are 5 main types of congressional staff members:
- Personal staff, who work for individual members of Congress.
- Committee staff, who serve either party on committees
- Leadership staff, who work for the majority and minority leaders and whips in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Speaker of the House
- Institutional staff, including party floor staff and non-partisan staff such as the facilities and maintenance employees and legislative clerks.
- Support agency staff, non-partisan employees of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and Government Accountability Office (GAO).
This information was obtained from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_staff