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- Congressional dysfunction is not just an issue confined to lawmakers.
- The Congressional Management Foundation said many senior aides are also eyeing the exit.
- One GOP aide cited a 'my way or the highway' attitude as a problem in Congress right now.
The wave of lawmakers on Capitol Hill calling it quits in recent months — many of them citing entrenched acrimony — has been difficult to ignore as Republicans barely hold on to a razor-thin House majority.
But the gridlock and partisanship that has become commonplace among lawmakers has also taken a toll on senior congressional staffers.