HILL STAFF NEWS: You May Find Your Next Staff Job Right Here

(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM BRITT VAN moves into the Legislative Director slot for Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI). Britt previously was Senior Policy Director for the National Housing Conference. She is a 2011 BA graduate in Sociology and Asian Studies from Colorado College. NADIA CORTEZ takes over as Legislative Director for Rep.…

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HILL STAFF VIEWS: Big Majority of Aides Say No to Prediction Markets

(QUICK READ) — There were some surprises in the responses received when Hill aides were asked by a recent CNCT Capitol Pulse survey whether congressional aides should be able to participate in prediction markets wherein participants gamble on the probability of specified outcomes. A substantial majority of respondents, 59 percent, said that is NOT something…

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FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Samuel Adams on Depending on God to Lead Us

(QUICK READ) — Samuel Adams is best-remembered as the organizer of the Boston Tea Party in 1773, which was one of the most effectively staged political protests in modern history because it helped catalyze the “No Taxation Without Representation” issue in the American Revolution. Samuel Adams, who would later be elected Governor of Massachusetts, was…

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HILL STAFF NEWS: You May Find Your Next Staff Job Here

(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM ALETTE DUNLAP moves into her first full-time congressional staff position, serving as a Staff Assistant on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, working for Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). Prior to moving to the committee staff, Alette was an Intern in the Lee personal staff office. Alette received…

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FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Dr. John West on the Founders and Equality

(QUICK READ) — Dr. John West’s “Endowed by Our Creator” aptly captures the essence of how and why virtually all of the Founders who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and supported ratification of the Constitution in 1787 were advocates of the equality of all men and women: “If all human beings ultimately derive from…

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