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STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up On The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: In her first job on the Hill, Abbey Donaldson moves up from Intern for Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) to Press/Digital Assistant for Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA). Abbey earned her BA in History in 2020 from the University of Scranton. There’s a new Legislative Correspondent in the office of Sen. Todd Young (R-IN)…
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Far-Right Apostle Paul Bans Teaching Critical Race Theory In Churcheshttps://t.co/8drGLeE77s — The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) June 11, 2021
Read MoreSTAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up On Capitol Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: In her first job on the Hill, Catalina Constain Shin takes over duties as Constituent Services Representative for Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL). Catalina received her MS in International Public Service in 2014 from DePaul University. Miriam Cash is the new Deputy Communications Director for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), moving up from her…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is Sex ‘Assigned’ at Birth?
How many genders are there? Two, male and female, or well, how many would you like there to be, today? The latter attitude is reflective of the only-recently-heard view that sex and gender are “assigned” at birth and can thus be changed later in life. In a word, they are a choice, not a condition.…
Read MoreEXPLAIN THIS: Who Got His Body?
That Jesus was crucified dead and then buried in a tomb the New Testament describes as that of Joseph of Arithamea is not disputed by the vast majority of scholars. That His body disappeared is also not disputed, so the question then is what happened to it? Was Jesus resurrected, as His disciples claimed? Or…
Read MoreSTAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Ashley Phillips is the new Scheduler in the office of Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), moving over from the same position with Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV). Ashley earned her MBA in Healthcare Management in 2018 from Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA, and her BA in Human Resources Management from Liberty in 2015. While…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Do Christians Hurt Their Witness by Defending Religious Liberty?
That question in the headline above might well strike some as odd, but historically there are actually two groups that think Christians should stay out of the public square and keep their faith to themselves. The first group came from the Christian community itself and is all but extinct today. It was not uncommon after…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Bats, Birds and a Bible Blunder?
There are three things I know about bats: They are creepy looking, they are often associated with Halloween and scary movies, and the deadly Covid-19 virus allegedly came from those living in caves in China that somehow ended up on somebody’s dinner table in the city of Wuhan. But skeptics see something else in bats;…
Read MoreAdvocacy Groups Call for Better Paid, Bigger Hill Staffs
May 17th, 2021 The Honorable Rosa DeLauro Chair House Committee on Appropriations H-307, The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Kay Granger Ranking Member House Committee on Appropriations H-307, The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Re: In support of a 20% increase in the House Member Resource allocation and increased committee funding Dear Chair DeLauro and Ranking…
Read MoreWORKING ON THE HILL: Former Hill Chief of Staff Calls for Higher Staff Pay, More Recognition
Lynnel Ruckert served for more than 15 years on congressional staffs, beginning as a Staff Assistant and steadily progressing all the way to Chief of Staff to Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and finally as Special Adviser to Sen. David Vitter (R-LA). Earlier this month, Ruckert testified before the House Select Committee on the Modernization of…
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