Senate Democrats pressed on poor diversity in hiring

Politico reports:

Senate Democrats are making headway toward fixing their staff diversity problem — and one of their own is looking to lead by example by publicly reporting the demographics of her payroll.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, the chamber’s first Latina, opened her books to Politico as the caucus works to rectify the meager number of minorities in senior staff positions. The Nevada lawmaker is also hosting meetings with aides who are women of color about strategies to ensure Democrats’ offices look more like the diverse base of their party, starting with Latinas, and is planning talks with African-American and Asian-American staffers.

Democrats, Cortez Masto said in an interview, should make diversity a watchword not just in the hiring of senior staff but “in our committee makeup” and “in thinking, when we are bringing folks in to intern, about how to keep that diversity going.”

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