Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Counting votes with Rep. Deborah K. Ross
This interview has been edited and condensed. Q: You’ve said you came to Congress at one of the “darkest moments of our nation’s recent history.” Do you still feel that way?
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Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
How to stay ‘alarmingly authentic’ while working on the Hill
When the Senate confirmed the first Black woman Supreme Court justice, it was Valle-Riestra who told that story as the press secretary for the Senate Judiciary Committee that Durbin chairs.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
He was Pelosi’s fiercest spokesman. What’s next for Drew Hammill?
This is someone who prefers the stairs, and you oftentimes see the [security] detail struggling to keep up,” he said in an interview this month.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Fresh off big Senate wins, Unite Here leader thinks even bigger
The Capitol is both a workplace in its own right — and the place where decisions get made that affect workers all across the country.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
It’s official: Congress won’t get another Mike Doyle
In an interview last month, Doyle shared some of his advice he’s given the representative-elect, plus his thoughts on social media and the next generation “stepping up.”
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Conor Lamb makes his case against ‘the two extremes’
This interview has been edited and condensed.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Election workers can seem ‘invisible.’ This movie shines a light on them
The situation is only getting worse, the filmmakers say. With the midterms just days away, they are planning a week of online screenings to put their movie in front of the public.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘I had my son on my hip’: How this congresswoman landed her first internship
This interview has been edited and condensed. Q: How did you start working for Carper? A: I was a mom and a grad student, and I had my 2-year-old son, Alex, on my hip.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Climate pins join a long line of Capitol Hill lapel adornments
‘Watergate babies’ As the Watergate scandal boiled in 1973 and an investigation into the Nixon administration beckoned throngs to the Capitol, the Senate secretary commissioned pins from the jeweler
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers look to the Mall for new Smithsonians, but it’s not a done deal yet
“Every other museum is dedicated to men,” she told CQ Roll Call in a recent interview. It’s a daunting job for the Smithsonian, synchronously working to swing open the doors to two new museums.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Where have all the centrists gone?
This interview has been edited and condensed.
Congress · 117th Congress
John Yarmuth ‘waxes philosophical’ (and warns not to eat the Jell-O)
This interview has been edited and condensed. Q: You started out in politics as a Republican but eventually became a Democrat. What changed?
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Who makes ‘the best members of Congress’?
This interview has been edited and condensed. Q: What was your earliest experience working on a political campaign?
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Congress is about to lose its science guy
But the California Democrat says he wasn’t farsighted enough to get ahead in the House. The retiring member’s advice for the next generation of lawmakers in Washington?
Congress · 117th Congress
‘There needs to be a voice’ for Haitian Americans, says Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick
This interview has been edited and condensed. Q: What’s surprised you about Capitol Hill so far? A: Since it was a special election, we didn’t have any preparation time.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Not a ‘monster’: Why Rep. Ro Khanna still goes on Fox News
This interview has been edited and condensed. Q: Most Democrats stay away from Fox News, but you do a lot of appearances there. Why?
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
He went from intern softball to the Congressional Baseball Game
This interview has been edited and condensed. Q: How did you land your internship with Leahy? A: I have to go way back. My grandmother was the advice columnist Dear Abby.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Sit-in protesters change the game for staffers
Arraignment on the charges was still pending Wednesday in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
When a senator is just ‘a normal person having a normal reaction to a crazy world’
This interview has been edited and condensed. Q: You’re a voracious Twitter user, I think it’s fair to say. What keeps you coming back to the platform?
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘Thor’ isn’t the superhero movie of the summer.
This interview has been edited and condensed. For more, listen to the latest episode of our “Political Theater” podcast. Q: What was your first meeting with Giffords like?