Campaigns · 116th Congress
GOP has outside spending advantage in Georgia runoffs
Below is a roundup of the two dozen outside groups that have each spent $1 million or more since Nov. 3.
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Campaigns · 116th Congress
Georgia turnout efforts ramp up with November lessons in mind
Phillips, senior adviser for Americans for Prosperity Action, a conservative group that’s spending $12 million on turnout efforts in Georgia, with more than 200 staffers on the ground and plans to knock on 1
White House · 116th Congress
Biden team making legislative outreach an early priority
Offering a Representative or Senator a trip with the President on AF 1 will also have to wait for post covid times,” Paone said in the email.
Congress · 116th Congress
Capitol Insiders Survey finds staffers pessimistic on virus relief
Now, it seems, Trump will not sign a bill even as generous as the $1 trillion measure McConnell offered in July.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Zooms, phone calls and texts: Supporting GOP women behind the scenes
[jwp-video n=”1″] “I’d never faced that kind of a situation before,” Hinson, a former journalist, said in a recent interview.
Congress · 116th Congress
Comment period underway on paid family leave policies for Capitol Hill workers
While these benefits went into place on Oct. 1, 2020, Congress is operating under interim guidance that does not have the same force of law as final regulations.
Congress · 116th Congress
Lamar! bids farewell, says Senate not voting on big issues is a ‘waste of talent’
[jwp-video n=”1″] “We first met in 1969, when I was working for a freshman senator named Marlow Cook and he worked down in the executive branch.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Cringeworthy Christmas: Netflix turns BRAC into a Hill staffer’s tropical romance
[jwp-video n=”1″] Jeremiah “J.J.” Gertler, who was a senior analyst for the 1995 BRAC round, said Erica’s playful Santa hat toward the end of the film doesn’t look familiar.
Congress · 116th Congress
Capitol testing picks up, but masks still spark conflict
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Office of the Attending Physician says the testing provided at the Capitol would satisfy the post-travel testing guidance and “be consistent with the spirit of the Mayor
Congress · 116th Congress
New House member orientation features significant shifts
[jwp-video n=”1″] A new program available to members-elect aims to facilitate the transition and compensate a staffer who takes the lead on standing up operations for their newly elected boss
White House · 116th Congress
Trump: Defense secretary has been ‘terminated’
[jwp-video n=”1″] House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., called Esper’s firing “destabilizing” and said it is “imperative that the Pentagon remain under stable, experienced leadership
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Photos of the week: A Supreme Court nomination hearing like no other
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Congress · 116th Congress
COVID-19 cases keep rising in Capitol complex
[jwp-video n=”1″] Two high-profile former legislative aides, Kendra Barkoff Lamy and Doug Heye, lent their support to such a testing regime as well, writing in a recent Washington Post op-ed
Opinion · 116th Congress
The Heedless Horseman Republicans and their COVID denial
[jwp-video n=”1″] Until recently, the greatest superspreader event in American history was a Sept. 28, 1918, Liberty Loan parade in Philadelphia as the influenza epidemic raged.
Congress · 116th Congress
Capitol physician expands testing, but remains selective
[jwp-video n=”1″] Senate Rules and Administration Chairman Roy Blunt has been pushing for widespread testing at the Capitol for months, but hasn’t seen a system like ones the White House or
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Judiciary Committee to collide with campaign trail for Supreme Court fight
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Watching Lindsey Graham stand up for this impressive conservative woman scares Democrats,” Graham campaign spokesman TW Arrington said in a statement.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Survey: Capitol Hill aides see a job well done fighting the coronavirus
The 200,000th American died of COVID-19 this past week, but the death rate — at the moment — is on a downward trajectory and now seems unlikely to reach the 1 million-plus projections some epidemiologists
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
What it takes: How a Hill staffer runs for DC city council … during a pandemic … while raising a toddler
That is the No. 1 goal. And if you don’t feel like you can be driven by that … find another occupation.” She laughs and then pauses.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
‘I wouldn’t leave them alone’: How Stacey Plaskett became the Virgin Islands’ voice in Congress
[jwp-video n=”1″] Right when I left the Hill in 1989, the Virgin Islands was struck by Hurricane Hugo. I came back to volunteer, and I can recall seeing Ron de Lugo sitting at his desk.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate joins House in not deferring payroll taxes for staff
[jwp-video n=”1″] Many other federal government agencies will participate in the tax deferral, but implementation on Capitol Hill would be fraught with special challenges, as Chief Administrative