HISTORICAL FACTS: 29 - The Untold Story

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…

Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2022

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 · Feb 18, 2022

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 · Feb 15, 2022

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.

The Conversation · Feb 4, 2022

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.”

Ballotpedia · Feb 3, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Jan 27, 2022

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.

Roll Call · Jan 26, 2022

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.

Roll Call · Jan 26, 2022

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.

Roll Call · Jan 25, 2022