Stories by Kate Tummarello:
July 20, 2012
Hold music. It’s something we would all rather not hear, if only because it means we’re on hold.
March 28, 2012
There’s typically an established path for Capitol Hill staffers, but some people take less traditional routes to working on the Hill. Of the Hill Climbers whom Roll Call has talked to in the past several months, here are some of the people who made the most interesting professional leaps.
March 23, 2012
For Matthew Hilgart, it’s all about communicating. Last year, he was teaching in Jordan. Now, Hilgart has returned to Rep. Betty McCollum’s office in St. Paul, Minn., as a part of the Democrat’s communications team.
March 2, 2012
When she started college, Katelynn Anderson saw herself working at the United Nations or an international nongovernmental organization. By the time she graduated in December 2011, her sights had shifted to Capitol Hill.
Feb. 17, 2012
The office of Rep. Karen Bass was one of the first on the Hill to jump on the bar code bandwagon.
Feb. 13, 2012
Budget day? Yeah, there’s an app for that.
Feb. 10, 2012
When Winnette McIntosh Ambrose and her brother Timothy McIntosh aren’t using their degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, they’re whipping up cupcakes, Parisian-inspired macarons and loose tea at the Sweet Lobby on Barracks Row. And it paid off last week, when the pair won a baking battle on a Food Network show.
Feb. 8, 2012
James Lloyd, who represented the 35th district of California from 1975-1981, died Feb. 2 following a Jan. 22 car accident in Florida.
Feb. 7, 2012
All too often, when politicians are being funny, they’re not trying to be. So we should treasure those moments when they take being funny very seriously and succeed.
Feb. 6, 2012
Every day, Members get thick volumes of the Congressional Record delivered to their offices. Marked-up paper copies of amendments still circulate in committee. But some are daring to imagine a Congress where all communication is done electronically.
Feb. 4, 2012
Over the past few weeks, an Internet forum — a platform frequently home to anonymous maliciousness and frivolous videos — has helped shape House legislation to address online piracy.
Feb. 3, 2012
Growing up in Alabama, Ben Dunham was more into sports than he was into school. Dunham, now the legislative director for Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), remembers thinking that it would be football rather than physics class that would ultimately pay off.
Jan. 31, 2012
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) addressed the retirement of Senate Parliamentarian Alan Frumin on the Senate floor today.
Jan. 30, 2012
Senate Parliamentarian Alan Frumin's retirement today is paving the way for the first woman to hold that post in the history of the chamber.
Jan. 30, 2012
Longtime Senate Parliamentarian Alan Frumin will retire from his post Tuesday and will be replaced by the first woman to hold the position.
Jan. 27, 2012
Staci Cox has always been a good communicator. In high school, she hoped to one day open a litigation public affairs firm, but coming to the District for college changed all that.
Jan. 27, 2012
There, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is using crowdsourcing to gauge public opinion and gather suggested edits to the text of his online piracy bill that aims to avoid the fate of other recent piracy bills, which powerful Internet companies said would give the government too much power to remove online content.
Jan. 25, 2012
On Wednesday evening, Capitol Hill got its own version of Las Vegas’ annual Consumer Electronics Show, with tech industry leaders on hand not to lobby, they insist, but simply to show off their wares.
Jan. 24, 2012
In case you were tired of carrying around a document that contains on average 156 pages, the Congressional Record can now be viewed on your iPad.
Jan. 23, 2012
Imagine you’re listening to Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” on Pandora Radio. The only candidates you’re thinking about are the ones referenced in the song. Until the commercial break. Suddenly, there’s a candidate, asking for your vote in the upcoming election.
Jan. 23, 2012
Sen. Chuck Grassley’s Twitter account, @ChuckGrassley, was hacked today.
Jan. 20, 2012
Ray Martin has always had role models close by. His grandparents raised him and introduced him to “Star Wars,” and a lifelong friend inspired him to pursue a career in politics.
Jan. 18, 2012
While some high school students spend winter break sleeping in and watching television, eight young women from a private school in Tennessee are spending their vacation answering mail and conducting tours of the Capitol.
Jan. 18, 2012
It wasn’t just Wikipedia that went dark today. At least four Members of Congress “blacked out” their official websites in solidarity with an Internet-wide protest by opponents of bills to crack down on online piracy of music and movies.
Jan. 17, 2012
The explosion of social media has enabled government officials to share more information than ever before with the stroke of a thumb on a phone, but the boost in communication has raised more questions and security concerns than can fit in 140 characters.
