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GAVEL DOWN: Closing Out the Week in Congress

In the wake of the tragedy in Orlando, many policy proposals being discussed in Congress. Senator Chris Murphy led a 15-hour filibuster to call for...
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WEEKLY UPDATE: The Week Ahead in Congress

  The House will take up the Senate-passed FOIA reform and attempt to pass the Defense Appropriations bill without getting sidetracked by controversial amendments....
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GAVEL DOWN: Closing out the Week in Congress

Congress made moves this week, with plenty of policy and bipartisan legislation… t House passed bill providing Puerto Rico with tools to restructure $70B...
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BILL MENTIONS: Financial Choice Act

*Updated on October 3* On September 13th, the House Financial Services Committee approved the Financial Choice Act (H.R. 5983), by a vote of 30 to...
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WEEKLY UPDATE: The Week Ahead in Congress

This week the House will vote on Puerto Rico assistance, pipeline safety measures, delaying air quality standards, & statements opposing carbon taxes. The Senate...
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GAVEL DOWN: Closing out the Week in Congress

House and Senate were on recess this week, working back home. C-SPAN II celebrated 30 years of Senate coverage, and we welcomed three interns...
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First Impressions of the Hill

First off, let me just say how lucky I am to be working at POPVOX this summer. A scavenger hunt across the Hill on...
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Tunnels, Dogs, and Elevators — First Day on the Hill

The Capitol building is as iconically “D.C.” as the White House and cherry blossoms.  Before coming to Washington for this internship, I assumed that...
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Capitol Hill for Dummies…er Interns

My first day on the hill felt a little like a nightmare, you know, the one where you have a pop quiz that everyone...
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GAVEL DOWN: Closing Out the Week in Congress

House passed bipartisan bill to overhaul 40-year-old toxic chemicals law, stalled in Senate after lawmaker called for more time to read bill. House failed...
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