"Progressives", eh? These pampered children offer a perfect target for the first swing of the DOGE axe

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Progressive congressional staffers roasted over ‘tone deaf’ demand for 32-hour work week

“Liberal staffers are demanding Congress establish a rotating 32-hour workweek that goes into effect when lawmakers work from their districts, drawing widespread mockery from critics.

“The Congressional Progressive Staff Association contended that staffers are forced to “work long hours at a level of rigor that regularly leads to burnout” when Congress is in session and suggested that a rotating system could ease that burden.

“Given the cyclical nature of the schedule, we propose implementing a 32-hour workweek for DC-based staff during district work periods and a 32-hour workweek for district-based staff while in-session,” the association, which has some 1,500 members, wrote in a letter to all members of the 119th Congress.

“If implemented, offices are not likely to see a drop in overall productivity,” they added. “If members wish to keep their offices open five days per week, they can stagger which days employees have off so that staff are available every day.”

“If members wish to keep their offices open five days per week”. The little darlings seem to have confused the role of congressional representatives who, in fact, are elected to serve the interests of their constituents, not to provide part-time jobs to liberal arts cynosures.

Here’s their demand letter: