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Liquor Stores In US And Canada Stop Selling Russian Vodka As 'Tiny Sanction' Over Ukraine Invasion

In perhaps a display of amity, several liquor stores and bars across the U.S and Canada have refused to sell Russian Vodka, according to The Hill.

Benzinga

Hill union backers should keep momentum going, Levin says

WASHINGTION — As observers speculate about what a unionized congressional staff might look like — Will any Republican offices organize? How will collective bargaining work? — the sponsor of the House resolution to authorize organization efforts is urging everyone to take one step at a time.

Tribune News Service

Networking hasn’t bounced back from COVID-19. This Hill staffer has an app for that - Roll Call

Only people with house.gov or senate.gov email addresses will be able to use the app at first, though the creator hopes to expand.

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‘Eyes on the prize’: Hill union backers should keep momentum going, Levin says - Roll Call

The sponsor of a House resolution to authorize staff union organization efforts is urging everyone to take one step at a time.

Roll Call

Biden needs a Trump substitute

Biden advisers and Hill allies believe voters are more likely to side with the president if he's compared to an alternative.

Axios

Prof. Jonathan Turley (GW) on the Trump Civil Incitement Opinion

From today's item in The Hill: When Trump's lawyers said his language was largely indistinguishable from that of many Democrats like Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Mehta chided them for playing "a game of what-aboutism." That "what-aboutism," however, is precisely the point. The selective imposition of liability for speech is the…

Reason

Faye Flam: New COVID variants complicate the question of vaccine mandates

Post-infection immunity might be a strange topic for political strife, but it touches on COVID vaccine mandates and whether those who’ve had the virus should be exempt. And so when publications such as The Hill run headlines such as “CDC Finally Recognizing Natural Immunity – Legislators should Follow,” it carries…

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Capitol Police briefing Hill staff on potential trucker rally in DC - Roll Call

Capitol Police are briefing congressional staff on Friday on planning efforts regarding a potential trucker convoy protest in D.C.

Roll Call

Dear White Staffers is lifting the lid on the reality of life as a congressional staffer working on Capitol Hill

A viral Instagram account that started as a feed of political memes is now lifting the lid on a lack of diversity and allegations of exploitation and abuse among staffers at Capitol Hill.

ABC News

Hill staffers are organizing. What could their unions look like?

WASHINGTON — Inspired by an anonymous Instagram account and disgusted by bad pay and worse bosses, congressional staffers have begun the uncertain journey toward unionizing.

Tribune News Service

Staffer unions could force some lawmakers to walk the walk or face hypocrisy talk - Roll Call

“This is, for Dems on the Hill, a ‘what side are you on?’ moment,” said one strategist, alluding to a pro-union song popularized by Pete Seeger.

Roll Call

Hill staffers are trying to unionize. What could that look like?

“You’d need to talk to a labor lawyer who specializes in Congress, which I don’t think exists,” said one Hill-watcher.

Roll Call

Dear White Staffers: Mystery Instagram account reveals dirty secrets of Congress

‘However bad people think the financial situation and treatment of Hill staffers is, it’s worse,’ aide says

The Independent UK

View From The Hill: Aged care residents are paying for lessons not learned fast enough

Richard Colbeck had to face the music this week over attending the fifth test in his home state of Tasmania when he’d told the Senate COVID committee he was too busy working on the Omicron wave spreading through aged care to appear.

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 8

On Jan. 26, Nina Turner announced she’ll challenge 11th Congressional District incumbent Rep. Shontel Brown (D). Brown defeated Turner in a special primary 50.1% to 44.6% last August. The Hill‘s Julia Manchester described the special primary as “a proxy battle for the Democratic Party establishment and national progressives.”

Tribune News Service

House chiefs try bipartisan experiment: Talking to each other

At first blush, Reps. Joe Wilson and Dan Kildee don’t seem to have much in common. Wilson, a Republican, represents a mostly rural patch of inland South Carolina, while Democrat Kildee’s district of factory towns runs along the Lake Huron waterfront down to the city of Flint, Michigan.

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Rep. Jim Langevin was an intern in the ’80s. Here’s what’s changed on the Hill since then - Roll Call

‘The world wasn’t always ready for me,’ says the Rhode Island Democrat, who is preparing to retire from Congress after 22 years.

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House chiefs try bipartisan experiment: Talking to each other - Roll Call

Not everyone in Congress wants to burn it all down, say members of the newly restructured House Chiefs of Staff Association.

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Living paycheck to paycheck a reality for some Hill staffers, survey finds - Roll Call

Half of nonmanagers surveyed on the Hill say they’ve struggled to pay bills, according to the Congressional Progressive Staff Association.

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