What 25-year-old congressional staffers do when their boss is (finally) away

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Washington D.C., congressional staffers spent this past week exhaling a collective sigh of relief as, for the first time in 2025, both the House and Senate were on recess.

Though much of the spotlight of Congress is on the 535 elected House and Senate members, much of behind-the-scenes legislative and constituent work is handled by thousands of staffers working in cramped quarters in congressional offices with little fanfare.

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