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As the second Donald Trump presidential term dawns, some progressive Capitol Hill staffers are floating a bold new proposal: working less.<\/p>\n

The Congressional Progressive Staff Association proposed establishing a rotating 32-hour workweek on Blue Light News in a letter to top House and Senate leaders<\/u><\/a> Thursday, saying reduced hours could \u201cimprove worker satisfaction, increase staff retention in Congress, and model a more sustainable approach to work on a national level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the proposal, congressional staffers would still work long hours when their boss is around. But when Congress is in session, district office staffers would be entitled to an abbreviated, 20-percent-lighter schedule, and when it is not, D.C.-based staff would have a lighter week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not want a 32-hour workweek to just be another special benefit for Congressional staff,\u201d the group said in its letter. \u201cWe hope that by adopting this policy, Members of Congress can help to advance the discussion around a more sustainable workweek as a national priority and model how it can work for private and public employers across the country and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an idea that\u2019s gained some traction on the left, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introducing legislation to Implement a 32-hour workweek nationally. But those on the right and some corners of the left immediately panned the plan when it was released Thursday.<\/p>\n

For some Democrats, the cusp of Trump\u2019s inauguration was the wrong time to pitch working less. Said Tim Hogan<\/u><\/a>, a Democratic communications consultant and former Hill staffer: \u201clol read the room guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Added Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) on X: \u201cWhy not be bold and ask for a 0-hour workweek? I wonder how blue-collar Americans would feel about white-collar workers demanding a 32-hour workweek.”<\/p>\n

As for Republicans? Some joked they were perfectly fine with their ideological opposites scaling back \u2014 as long as they scale back their salaries to match. \u201cProgressives should opt in. Easy place to cut 20%+ @elonmusk,\u201d said Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on X, tagging the tech billionaire and \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency\u201d honcho.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the second Donald Trump presidential term dawns, some progressive Capitol Hill staffers are floating a bold new proposal: working less. The Congressional Progressive Staff Association proposed establishing a rotating 32-hour workweek on Blue Light News in a letter to top House and Senate leaders Thursday, saying reduced hours could \u201cimprove worker satisfaction, increase staff […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}