Is he really looking for sympathy?
Via Washington Secrets:
Here’s one reason why Democrats are in such a tizzy over the sequester spending cuts and ever-tighter budgets: It’s affecting their personal staffs and budgets.
Two senior Democrats complained at a House Appropriations Committee hearing Tuesday that the combination of cuts over the past two years has robbed them of nearly 11 percent of their personal budgets, which average $1.3 million.
Now House officials are looking at an additional 8.2 percent cut, or about $100,000. Total cut over three years: nearly 20 percent.
“If it’s a $100,000 reduction in your [allowance] you really need to start preparing for a staff change,” said Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va. “That’s a whole person!”
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., said Congress has had to reduce constituent services because of the sequester. “We’re really starting to see the effects of that in our office,” she said.