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Defense policy analysis, commentary and discussion.Sarah Dohl, a veteran Capitol Hill staffer, recently left the halls of Congress to take a senior management position with Junior Achievement of Greater Washington.
Before skipping town on Thursday night, the Senate confirmed Davita Vance-Cooks to serve as public printer of the Government Printing Office, a position she’s held on an acting basis since Jan. 3, 2012.
What do you get when you extend a long lunch into happy hour? Luppy Hour!
Aug. 1 — it’s not just the start of recess. It’s associated with so many national days you can take your pick of which one to celebrate.
CNN Films is rolling out the documentary “Our Nixon,” a view of the 37th president taken primarily from Super 8 mm home movies filmed by White House aides H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Dwight Chapin that were in federal custody until recently.
Immigration protests that have blocked traffic in front of House office buildings Thursday will continue throughout the afternoon, organizers told CQ Roll Call.
Shanna Winters, a former Democratic Hill staffer who began her career in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, joined the Motion Picture Association of America recently as the Hollywood trade group’s senior vice president of global policy.
“Our Nixon,” Penny Lane’s home-movie documentary about the 37th president, gets star billing on CNN starting today, giving new meaning to one of the great political slogans, “President Nixon. Now more than ever.”
Capitol Police arrested six protesters in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, shortly after 12:30 p.m.
By now, you’ve likely heard the news that Capitol Hill watering hole 18th Amendment (613 Pennsylvania Ave. SE) has closed its doors.
There are few phrases more beloved on Capitol Hill than “August Recess.” That four-to-five-week stretch of time when the Capitol empties out, vacation days are cashed in, and the general frenetic activity and acrimony of Congress are mellowed in favor of shorter work hours and longer happy hours. Bipartisan cheers all around.
Karen Paulson, 68, a longtime aide to Speaker John A. Boehner and several other Republican members of Congress, died on July 26.
Tired of the bickering between Democrats and Republicans, between Congress and the administration? Relax. It’s been worse.
As Congress continues its seemingly no-sum game of political brinkmanship over government funding, Obamacare and other issues, what better movie might illustrate the current public policy nihilism than last year’s breakout film “The Hunger Games”?
The District is known for having unpredictable weather, as well as influxes of interns. With each passing semester, they descend upon Washington to fill a variety of paid and unpaid positions.
“Norma Rae,” the 1979 pro-union film that won Sally Field a Best Actress Oscar for the title role as a union organizer in a textile mill, was the featured Screen on the Green film on Monday night, just a few short hours before the Senate would break a years-long logjam to start filling the National Labor Relations Board.
Retiring House Press Gallery Superintendent Jerry Gallegos joined the gallery in 1969, just as tumultuous times in the United States were dramatically shaking the foundation of political journalism.
Robert Getzoff, a longtime Capitol Hill staffer with deep community ties, died July 15, and the tributes to him offer an insider’s view of how closely people work together on the Hill, as well as how important humor can be in forging workplace bonds.
One of the most humbling parts of Capitol Hill is that so many of the top staffers started near the bottom. Many have answered phones, written constituent mail, stormed the halls of Rayburn getting signatures on a “Dear Colleague” letter — and then the right opportunity came and they were promoted to bigger and better things.
Former Virginia Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. died Tuesday morning in his hometown of Winchester, Va. The 98-year-old, whose death was first reported by The Winchester Star, served in the U.S. Senate from 1965 to 1983 and previously worked in the state Senate from 1948 to 1965.
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