ROSIAK, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. WHERE DID YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THIS STORY? GUEST: I THINK

LITTLE MORE HIGH PROFILE.

MAKE JUDGMENTS ON WHO IS THE BEST AND WORST. WE ARE LOOKING AT PURELY TURNOVER. WHEN YOU SEE HIGH TURNOVER, IT IS INDICATIVE OF MORALE PROBLEMS, AND...

THIS BIPARTISAN, BUT ALSO BICAMERAL. YOU WRITE ABOUT CHUCK HAGEL. IT IS NOT THE GROUP HE WANTS TO FIND HIMSELF AMONG, YET DURING HIS TENURE AS A SENATOR...

WITH LUKE ROSIAK OF THE "WASHINGTON TIMES " ABOUT THE BEST AND WORST BOSSES ON CAPITOL HILL AND THE HIGH TURNOVER RATE OF CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS AND THE...

ARE THEIR COMMON CHARACTERISTICS DISCOVERED THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE HIGH TURNOVER OR LOW TURNOVER? ,GUEST: IT IS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. ABUSIVE WORKING...

YES, SIR. HOW ARE YOU DOING. -- DOING THIS MORNING? HOST: FIND, YOUR

ARE A BUNCH OF 24-YEAR-OLDS WERE TEENAGERS RUNNING THE COUNTRY. THEY CANNOT GET ANYTHING TOGETHER IN CONGRESS AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT,...

TERM LIMITS ANY TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND SENSUOUS -- INCESTUOUS BUILDUP. THEY WOULD GET RID OF GOOD MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AS WELL. CALLER: IT SEEMS

LINE FOR INDEPENDENTS OWING FROM NEW JERSEY HAD CALLER: -- NEW JERSEY. CALLER: I AM QUITE

THESE, AND THE FACT THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE IN OFFICE FOR A SHORT TIME, IT IS PART OF THE REASON THEY ARE HAVING THIS GO TO THEIR HEAD. THEY HAVE NOT...

THANKS. I EXCLUDED HIM BECAUSE OF HIS POSITION AS SPEAKER. HE HAS A VARIETY OF OTHER LEADERSHIP OFFICES. IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT TO TRACK AND I DO...

IF THERE COULD BE OTHER FACTORS WHY THE TURNOVER RATE IS SO HIGH, LIKE IF THE JOB MIGHT NOT PAY AS MUCH, THE WORKING CONDITIONS, AND HE ALREADY SAID...

AT THIS CHART. IT -- YES.

HE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIS LEADERSHIP POSITION. GUEST: IN SOME

A SPECIAL LINE FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS PAST AND PRESENT. 202-585-3883. NANCY, FAIRFIELD, OHIO, OUR LINE FOR REPUBLICANS. GO AHEAD.

LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME. I HAVE THE TOP FIVE OVERALL. THE BEST MEMBER IN EITHER MEMBER IS JIM MCGOVERN, WHO IS A MASSACHUSETTS...

IS THAT BEHAVIOR -- INDICATIVE OF A PSYCHOPATHIC NATURE? [LAUGHTER]GUEST: I THINK WE WOULD NEED PSYCHOLOGIST IN HERE TO ANSWER THAT ONE THIRD HOST: YEAH....

A COMMENT AND A GENERAL QUESTION. I DO NOT THINK IT MATTERS WHO YOU ARE WORKING FOR. I HAVE BEEN IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN MY EXPERIENCE IS IT TYPICALLY...

THE PAY, AND THE MEDIAN PAY IS BETWEEN $30,000 AND 35 THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE YOU WROTE LAST YEAR, SENATORS MAKE $174,000. IS THE...

HOST: JOSEPH CALLING FROM BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. JOSEPH IS A FORMER STAFFER. WHICH SIDE OF THE HILL? CALLER: I

DO YOU WANT TO TELL US WHO YOU WORK FOR? I AM JUST ASKING. CALLER: THANKS ANYWAY

GUEST: THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. YOU CAN NEVER BE A RULE ABOUT BEING SOMEWHAT ABRASIVE AS THEY ARE SUBJECTIVE, AND YOU CAN NEVER REGULATE THAT, BUT THAT...

CONGRESS HAVE A LOT OF INDEPENDENCE AND AUTHORITY. I DO NOT THINK THERE IS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR TAKING THAT AWAY FROM THEM. SOME OF THESE THINGS, THEY...

NUMBERS INCLUDE BOTH. DISTRICT OFFICES HAVE MUCH BETTER RETENTION RATES. IF WE WERE TO TAKE OUT DISTRICT STAFFERS, THESE NUMBERS WOULD BE QUITE A BIT...

HELLO. WHERE DO THE REPRESENTATIVES AND STAFFERS WHO WORK FOR STAFF MEMBERS STACK?

ON OUR LINE FOR DEMOCRATS. CALLER: I

A LOT OF DISCRETION OVER HOW MUCH STAFFERS MAKE, BUT IT IS VERY STANDARDIZED. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF VARIANTS IN HOW MUCH MEMBERS PAY THEIR STAFFERS....

WORST BOSSES OF CAPITOL HILL, CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH ONES OF THEM ARE VETERANS? IF THEY ARE VETERANS, I AM INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT -- FIRST OF ALL, IF...

YES. GUEST: I

IN HARMONY WITH LEADERSHIP AND THE UNDERSTANDING ON EMBRACING A ONE THISNESS, EVERYONE THE ENCOUNTER, TO BE FAIR AND EQUAL AND NOT BE PARTISAN IN TERMS...

ABOUT CAPITOL HILL IS MOSTLY RUN BY A 21-YEAR-OLD, YOU ARE FORGETTING THAT MOST OF THE LEGISLATIVE WORK IS DONE THROUGH COMMITTEES. MOST OF THE PROFESSIONAL...

STAFF TO DO WORK ON? CALLER: -- DID YOU

CALLER: HATIKVAH ON. -- TIP VAUGHN. HE WAS A GREAT BOSS. HOST: ANOTHER

LIVING IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA, AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THE LEGISLATIVE PRODUCT THAT WE RECEIVE. I THINK IT EXPANDS BEYOND THE STAFFERS, BUT TO THE...

GUEST GIVE A LIST OF BOSSES HE EXCLUDED FROM THIS STORY -- A TWEET, CAN OR GUEST GIVE ANALYST OF BOSSES HE EXCLUDED FROM THIS STORY -- A LIST OF OBSSES...

A CALLER ON OUR LINE FOR DEMOCRATS. CALLER: I WAS IN

HIRING IS ONE COMPONENT OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING. A THING TO HAVE TO TAKE ON A CASE, BY CASE BASIS. -- I THINK YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS....

TO QUESTION YOUR PREMISE ON THE BEST VERSUS WORST. THE ONES YOU MENTIONED I FEEL OTHERWISE OFFER THE BEST OPPORTUNITY -- OFFER THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES....

THANK YOU FOR BEING ON "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." THE HEADLINE, WHO ARE THE BEST AND WORST BOSSES ON CAPITOL HILL. CONGRESSIONAL STAFF TURNOVER RATE SELF-STYLEDRATES...