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...politics and power. Interns are the lifeblood of the city. Most Senate and Congressional offices have between five and 30: the interns often outnumber regular staff. A little grade school math and a rough estimate of 15 a Senator and seven per Representative puts about 4,500 interns on Capitol Hill. In monetary terms, this is a staggering indicator of our democracy’s health. I work around 40 hours per week gratis, and will be here for eight weeks. At $15 per hour, a normal summer wage at home or around Harvard, my time is worth...
...glanced over my shoulder at the parade of umbrellas huddled in front of the Capitol, I felt the weight of Rev. Jim Wallis’ sermon from the night before—that we were the foundation for a new social movement that would remind politicians that poverty is a manifestation of a nation’s moral lapse, of its unwillingness to help the poor. This movement would fill a void in the soul of the nation, and provide a home for people who believe that morality should guide policy, but that a “culture of life?...
...last two years, the Internet giants Yahoo and Google, along with the rapidly proliferating ranks of web bloggers, have won all kinds of buzz, clout and attention. But on Capitol Hill, in the debate over "net neutrality," it's Old Media 2, New Media...
...issues they're most passionate about. Barring any support from the right - or a GOP senator like Frist or McCain - net neutrality proponents will continue to outgunned by the phone and cable companies, who have much more experience, money and staff devoted to lobbying on Capitol Hill than the new media does right...
DIED. Evelyn Dubrow, 95, relentless, pragmatic Washington lobbyist whose advocacy for garment workers over 40 years on Capitol Hill earned her the Presidential Medal of Freedom; in Washington. Affection for Dubrow was such that she became the only person ever to be granted her own seat alongside the congressional doorkeepers outside House chambers...