Hill Climbers: Reporter’s Path From Hawaii to Hill
“I started watching the news at a very young age, and I wanted to be a news reporter,” Boylan told Roll Call. “I’ve always loved talking and telling stories — even to strangers.”
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Discussing ‘The Dark Side’
“Islam is a religion that uses a lot of fear,” Darwish, a Christian convert from Islam and founder of Arabs for Israel, told Roll Call in a recent interview.
Michele Bachmann Leaves No Doubt About Re-Election
Betty McCollum’s (D) 4th district, but she forcefully told Roll Call that the 6th district was where she planned to continue her legislative career.
Roscoe Bartlett Ready to Fight for His Seat
Over the course of a November interview with Roll Call, he walked from the Capitol through the House tunnel while 20-something and 30-something staffers rode the subway.
Hill Climbers: Staffer Serves on Hill and in Church
For some, running for class president is a way to move up (or onto) the high school social ladder. For Matthew Stroia, it was the springboard into a career in politics.
Lessons From the Classroom Apply to Congress
But as a high school science teacher in California’s Silicon Valley in the 1970s, he also targeted an older set. “I visited every parent’s [home],” the California Democrat told Roll Call.
Days After SOTU Are Full of Lobbyist Feedback
While Obama may not have had much to say on the retail-jobs theme, he did include many mentions of education policy — not all of them welcomed by school lobbyists.
Shelter From the Storm
The second time he plays for Roll Call he is accompanied by his staff assistant, Alex Large — a talented bluegrass guitarist and vocalist with D.C.’s Second String Band — and Roe performs beautifully
GOP Rules Talk-Show Circuit
But in 2011, the GOP lawmakers captured 64 percent of the Congressional appearances on the five shows that Roll Call tracks, and every network featured more Republican lawmakers than Democrats.
Brown, Warren Agree to Limit Outside Spending
Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren agreed today to attempt to limit third parties from advertising in the Massachusetts Senate race.
Rapper: From Rap Battles in High School Halls to Congress
“[Rapping] honed my instincts in terms of being in tune to what people want,” he said in an interview with Roll Call.
Gingrich: Christian Conservatives on My Side
The former Speaker’s campaign sent his two sisters to teach Sunday school at a Columbia, S.C., church and invited reporters to cover the event.
Elizabeth Warren Raises Massive $5.7 Million in 4th Quarter
Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren, the presumptive Democratic Senate nominee in Massachusetts, raked in a whopping $5.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, a campaign source confirmed
Abby Huntsman Livingston: A Unique View From the Campaign Trail
Roll Call politics reporter Abby Livingston got to find out when she talked to Abby Huntsman Livingston, the daughter of GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, this week from the campaign trail.
Joseph Kennedy III Moves Toward Run to Replace Barney Frank
“It is a commitment instilled in me at a young age and one that inspired me to join the Peace Corps after college and to become a prosecutor after law school.” The son of former Rep.
Redistricting Spurs Debate Over Voting Rights Act
The colorful and controversial party chairman, who is an attorney, passionately argued in an interview with Roll Call over the summer that the GOP used the Voting Rights Act as cover for packing
Craig James Enters Texas Senate Race
“He’s throwing his hat in the ring,” James’ longtime friend Roy Bailey told Roll Call. Bailey is a former Republican state party official.
N.J. Mapmakers Hope for Redraw This Week
The tiebreaker this year is Farmer, the dean of Rutgers School of Law-Newark. Farmer is politically unaligned. He served in the administration of Gov.
Appropriations Rider Would Block D.C. Abortion Funding
The omnibus spending bill unveiled very early this morning would also include funding for Speaker John Boehner’s school voucher program for D.C., which Del.
John Dingell Deplores House Climate
John Dingell told Roll Call in a wide-ranging interview on the eve of the 56th anniversary of his 1955 entry to Congress.