Elections may change the names on the doors and the faces in the campaign ads, but they don’t automatically change the people behind the scenes who write the legislation, control the briefing books, draft the amendments, and keep the machinery of government moving day after day. Congressional staffers and their White House counterparts form a durable professional class, one that often outlasts the officeholders they are meant to serve...
The Permanent Shadow Government: Activist…
Elections may change the names on the doors and the faces in the campaign ads, but they don’t automatically change the people behind the scenes who write the legislation, control the briefing books, draft the amendments, and keep the machinery of government moving day after day. Congressional staffers and their White House counterparts form a durable professional class, one that often outlasts the officeholders they are meant to serve...