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LegiStorm seeks fall interns
LegiStorm (www.legistorm.com) seeks motivated fall interns to join our small team to help release new data about the U.S. Congress designed to facilitate further research into how Congress works. Our ideal Congressional Research Intern is a degree-seeking student who is motivated, organized, self-directed, fast, accurate, diligent, politically interested, always questioning, and has the beginnings of some hard-core research skills. Our ideal Communications/Public Relations intern is a degree-seeking student who is motivated, organized, self-directed, fast, accurate, diligent, politically…
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Johnson says he remains viable in GOP presidential contest
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson may be overlooked in the 2012 Republican presidental nomination race, but he's not counting himself out. "I'm on the bubble," Johnson said at an Aug. 19 National Press Club luncheon. "Out of 184 candidates declared (to run for president), I'm like ninth in the rankings." Johnson believes that next year's New Hampshire primary will make or break his campaign. He asserts that a candidate can go from "obscurity" to a major contender overnight with a win in that state. Although a Republican, Johnson acknowledges being more aligned with libertarian principles.…
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Club changes student intern, reinstatement policies
The National Press Club board of governors on Aug. 15 approved two important Club policy changes. The first creates term memberships for interns who want to join for a short period of time while in Washington. While we hope their intern member stints will be the beginning of a long relationship with the Club, it will be easier for the interns, their employers and Club staff to offer them term memberships. The second new policy sets a $100 reinstatement fee for members who are suspended due to nonpayment of dues. Those applicants would also have to pay any overdue house account charges. The…
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Fellowship Fund helps members with interest-free loans
The National Press Club Fellowship Committee has an unwritten history that dates back to the 1930s Depression-era, when members sought to help others in the Club with sudden financial problems. The Committee became an unofficial channel for members to offer temporary relief to other members who were between jobs or who were in desperate need. As time passed, a welfare fund was established, controlled by the committee. Checks are signed by the Club's financial officers. Outright gifts were made to financially strapped members. These funds were replenished, often with extra money returned in…
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Roemer blasts Obama, GOP contenders for allowing special interest money to corrupt Washington
Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer, a Republican presidential candidate, said President Barack Obama is the worst example of how politicians allow special interest money to corrupt and influence the political system in Washington. “Selling important jobs like a third world nation is not good for America," Roemer said during an Aug. 15 Newsmaker. "Both sides do it. I don’t mean to pick on the president. He’s the worst, but both sides do it.” Part of the problem in Washington is that lobbyists are also fundraisers and some corporations undermine the public good to serve corporate interests,…
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Logan, Parvaz accept John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award
Each year, the National Press Club confers its John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award on two people whose actions contribute to the cause of press freedom and open government. The late Aubuchon was a former Club president and an ardent advocate of press freedom. This year's honorees both covered the uprisings in the Mideast and both faced horrific repression. The international winner of the Aubuchon prize was Dorothy Parvaz of al Jazeera, who was detained in brutal prisons filled with political detainees in Syria and Iran. The domestic winner was Lara Logan of CBS News and 60 Minutes, who was…
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Newt unveils Medicaid proposal at 2005 luncheon
This Week In National Press Club History August 19, 2005: Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, addresses a Club luncheon about reforming Medicaid. He proposes a new model for the program “that maximizes Americans’ ability to live as long as possible, as healthily as possible, with the highest possible quality of life at the lowest possible cost.” This Week In Press Club History is brought to you by the History & Heritage Committee, which is dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the Club’s history through displays, panel discussions, events, lectures and the oral history project…
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Term 'drone' falling out of favor, not the sky
Please don't call them drones. The preferred term is Unmanned Vehicle Systems (UVS) -- and they do more than stalk terrorists, a panel of specialists told a Newsmaker audience on Aug. 10. The experts said that robots on the ground, in the air and in the water have been used not only in military situations but also in helping with environmental and humanitarian disasters, such as the Japanese earthquake and resulting tsunami and nuclear dangers, the Haitian earthquake and the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In the incident in Japan, ground robots from the U.S. firm QinetiQ were…
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Giuliani luncheon on Sept. 6 nearing sellout; reserve tics now
Only a few spaces remain for the National Press Club luncheon featuring former two-term New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Giuliani, who received international recognition for his leadership after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, will assess U.S. security as the 10-year anniversary of the strikes on the World Trade Center and Pentagon approaches. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with the speech beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for Club members, $29 for guests of members and $36 for general admission. To reserve tickets, please e-mail reservations…
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David Brooks to roast Jim Lehrer at Oct. 28 dinner
David Brooks, a national columnist and television commentator, will roast Jim Lehrer at the Oct. 28 National Press Club Fourth Estate Award dinner in honor of the longtime host of the PBS NewsHour. Brooks, a New York Times columnist, provides weekly political analysis and commentary on national campaigns for the NewsHour. Brooks is currently paired with columnist Mark Shields, who will also be among Lehrer's roasters. Tickets are on sale now for Club members only at $125. Each member can buy one guest ticket at the member price. Reserve at [email protected] or (202) 662-7501. Tickets for…
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