FIRST ON FOX: New legislation being dropped on Thursday is seeking to bar House lawmakers from having sex with staffers after a series of exposés rocked Capitol Hill.Rep.Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is expected to introduce a pair of bills aimed at better defining the relationships lawmakers can have with employees of the House of Representatives, Fox News Digital is told.One is a House resolution that would bar House lawmakers from having sex with any employee of the chamber.
The other would block those lawmakers from living with House employees, except for married couples cohabitating.CAPITOL HILL SEX SCANDALS TRIGGER NEW PUSH TO REDRAW THE LINE FOR LAWMAKERSSen.Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., talks to reporters as he heads for a vote at the U.S.
Capitol on June 1, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Mace told Fox News Digital, "If you're a Member of Congress, your priorities should be serving your constituents and this country, not fooling around with staff."And while the sex ban would apply to all members, regardless of gender, she made clear it was aimed at male lawmakers who she argued were abusing their power over female staff."Congress is not your personal dating pool.
If you can't do your job without hitting on staff, find another job and leave the women you work with alone," Mace said.REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER WELCOMES HOUSE ETHICS PROBE INTO SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIMOn her second bill banning lawmakers from living with staff, she said, "No staffer should ever be coming home at night to the person who signs their paycheck.It's inappropriate, it's a conflict of interest, and it should have been banned decades ago."Rep.
Nancy Mace, R-S.C., spoke to reporters following a briefing by Trump administration officials on U.S.strikes on Iran at the U.S.
Capitol on March 3, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)Sen.
Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is the latest member of Congress whose reported past trysts with Hill aides were ...