HillFaith Blog: Good News for Hill Staffers
Welcome to HillFaith:Good News for Hill Staffers! This is where you’ll find two types of content:
First, fact-driven, thoroughly researched and often highly personalized Christian apologetics. Second, news and analyses about working on the Hill, including things like who's being promoted, what are the best (and worst!) offices to work for, salary information, and much else.
Here at HillFaith, we appreciate the importance, the challenges and the complexities of the work you do we are passionate about being a positive, informative resource for those in the trenches.
Most importantly, we want to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is alive and He is "the way, the truth and the life." He is also the key to living the abundant life. Not materially, but in the Truth that sets you forever free.
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Most Aides in Both Parties Prefer Different Presidential Candidate
More than three-quarters, 77 percent, of all congressional aides from both political parties who responded to the latest CNCT Capitol Pulse survey said they would name a new presidential candidate if they got the opportunity. Among Democratic staffers, 88 percent said they would name somebody other than President Joe Biden, while 70 percent of the…
HILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: MIKE FRANC is moving into the Policy Director job on the House Budget Committee, working for Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas). A long-time Hill veteran, Mike comes to the budget panel from the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity where he was Chief Research Director. Mike also served as Vice-President for Congressional Relations…
SUNDAY SONGS: ‘Precious Angel’ (and more) from the ‘Slow Train Coming’ Album by Bob Dylan
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BOB DYLAN?
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? The Church is Full of Hypocrites
Odds are you have heard this aphorism from somebody in your family, friends or colleagues at work when you’ve invited them to visit your church. Or, if you aren’t a church-goer, you’ve probably said it yourself – ‘I don’t go to church because it’s full of hypocrites.’ That’s always struck me as like saying “I…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Filibuster Gets Big Boost From Congressional Aides
Of all the procedural issues that occasionally take a prominent place in the American public policy debate, the most important is quite possibly the Senate filibuster. Folks on the Left tend to favor abolishing the filibuster as an obstacle to genuine democratic mandates, while those of the Right see the filibuster as one of the…
HILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: JESSICA LEE is settling in her first position on a congressional staff, as the new Communications Director for Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.). Previously, Jessica was Media Relations Manager for Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence. Jessica earned her Bachelor degree in Political Science and Strategic Communications from Butler University. Also taking on…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Would You Save Your Drowning Dog or a Drowning Stranger?
So you are sitting at the end of a pier on a lake and you see your dog struggling in the water. You love your dog and seeing him in distress alarms you. But then you also see a man you don’t know struggling in the water nearby. If you don’t act, both your dog…
TESTIMONIES: Ramin’s Journey From Hopelessness and Hatred to the Love, Light and Truth of Jesus
Ramin was born into an Iranian Shiite family and spent most of his childhood as a devoted Muslim. But a series of injustices and tragedies that are endemic in the Iran of the Mullahs showed him the emptiness of Islam. And so he cried out for help and it was Jesus, not Allah, who answered…