The Technology 202: Silicon Valley always poaches Hill tech staff. A pay hike could help even the odds.

Photo: © Al Drago/Bloomberg. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday announced that the maximum salary for staffers in the chamber will be raised up to $199,300. Article by Cristiano Lima with Aaron Schaffer. The Washington Post – MSN – August 18, 2021.

Tech companies are notorious in Washington for using their ample resources to lure politically savvy congressional staffers away from cash-strapped offices on Capitol Hill.

But a recent hike in the salary cap for House staffers will give lawmakers more of a fighting chance to keep that talent. That could, in turn, make regulation easier by boosting the level of tech policy expertise in Congress. […]

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