Nancy Mace seeks ban on Congress members dating House staff

Congress is the group of people who make laws for the United States.

Some members of Congress have been dating or living with the people who work for them.

Nancy Mace is a lawmaker who thinks that is not fair, because a boss should not date the people who work for them.

She says workers can feel pressured because the boss signs their paycheck.

So she made a proposal to stop members of Congress from having romantic relationships with any House worker.

Her proposal would also stop them from living together with workers, unless they are married.

There is already a rule from 2018 that stops lawmakers from dating their own direct workers.

The leader of the House, Mike Johnson, says he agrees with the new stricter proposal.

Mace gave an example of a former lawmaker named Eric Massa who lived with five workers and had to resign after bad behavior.

She says members of Congress should focus on serving the country, not on dating staff.