Something unusual will happen in the nation’s capital Thursday when the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress convenes a hearing on how much Congress should spend on itself. Lawmakers talking about the legislative branch appropriation, which also includes compensation for the thousands of congressional aides they employ, is not unusual. What will be unusual about the hearing, though, is the bipartisan support that will be expressed for increasing congressional staff pay, something that hasn’t happened in more than a decade. Two witnesses in particular highlight an instance of bipartisanship that is so rare in Congress today with its hyper-partisan tension and conflict. Wendy Ginsburg is staff director for the Democratic majority on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Government Operations. On the same panel will be Zach Graves, Policy Director at the Lincoln Network, a conservative Washington, D.C.-based non-profit. Both will present testimony that …