by Interns DC | Dec 26, 2019 | DC Culture, Events
If you live in Washington D.C. and have been affected by the government shutdown (and who in the District hasn’t) now would actually be a great time to take advantage of your newfound time off. Since day one of Sam’s hiatus, and for as long as he stays...
by Interns DC | Dec 26, 2019 | DC Culture
It’s been all over the news lately. The debt ceiling. CNN even has a countdown clock till we hit it, like some dramatic movie, ticking down the time till the asteroid hits the economy. The debt ceiling. Something hovering over us all like some sort of magical...
by Interns DC | Dec 26, 2019 | DC Culture
It might sound strange, but something major and historic took place on October 1st, and it wasn’t just the government shutdown. It was actually the roll out of the nation’s first health care law, the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) designed to make...
by Interns DC | Dec 26, 2019 | DC Culture, Internship Advice
It’s been a grueling congressional session. With only about a week left before the 113th Congress (mercifully) comes to a close, let’s pause and take a look at what this congress has left to do before closing out the year. The House of Representatives...
by Interns DC | Dec 24, 2019 | DC Culture
Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University summed up the State of the Union address like this: “A State of the Union speech, whether something goes in the speech or not, is not just about what sounds good to the audience,...
