Along with the influx of flip-flop-wearing college kids, the Spotted: DC Summer Interns blog is back and ready to chronicle the mishaps of Hill interns.
The blog made its return Sunday with new posts, the first to appear since the last pack of ‘terns went back to school last September. The latest stories include an intern mixing up Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and long-deceased Sen. Charles Sumner (R-Mass.) and a young lady’s poor treatment of a Starbucks barista.
Lois Lerner, director of exempt organizations for the IRS, arrives for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the investigation of the IRS' targeting of political groups. Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right to not testify and caused a protest from some committee members when she offered an opening statement and engaged in dialogue with members before invoking the right.
Roll Call has launched a new feature, Hill Navigator, to advise congressional staffers and would-be staffers on how to manage workplace issues on Capitol Hill. Please send us your questions — anything from office etiquette, to handling awkward moments, to what happens when the work life gets too personal. Submissions will be treated anonymously.
