Posted on 09/22/2011 4:59:18 AM PDT by Libloather
Nancy Pelosi Proposes Alternative to Axed Page Program
By Emma Dumain
Roll Call Staff
Sept. 20, 2011, 7:17 p.m.
More than a month after announcing that the House page program would end after nearly 200 years, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi unveiled a new initiative aimed at filling the gaps it left behind.
In a letter distributed today to House Democrats, the California Democrat laid out a plan that would put college-age interns to work in the Democratic Cloakroom for six-week rotations. Set to launch in October, the program would draw from a small pool of current interns at the recommendations of the Members for whom they are already working.
Pelosi said the concept for the initiative grew out of a desire to keep young people involved with the Capitol.
I never heard the Page Program was ending!! wonder why??
Just a plan to maintain the Sex toys of the Democrats.
Apparently Boehner issued them all the bookmarks they need.
Thanks to internet forums congresspeople can set up assignations with underaged girls and boys without Congress carrying them on staff. Just watch out for law enforcement posing as underaged kids.
The internet - it's a wonderful thing.
Oh there’s a good idea...Put kids in the Democratic Cloakroom! /sarcasm
Just a plan to maintain the Sex toys of the Democrats.
Nancy Pelosi Proposes Alternative to Reality.
I guess they axed too many questions.
Happened over a month ago. (What - you haven't read every SINGLE headline on FR? For shame.)
House to end page program after nearly 200 years
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Monday that the $5 million annual expense can no longer be justified when messages and other materials are delivered electronically. The blue-jacketed pages, who have been a common sight in the House since the 1820s, now have little to do, according to the two leaders.
Because of the advancements of cell phones- Twitter-I Phones-I-Pads, etc.
They no longer have to run up & down the aisles with all the electronic communication.
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