From left in front row, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) introduce legislation on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, six months after the initial approval, a congressional committee gave the final sign-off on a program that will allow Capitol Hill interns to be paid. The nonprofit Pay Our Interns, with just two staff members and two interns (yes, paid), set out to shine the light on Congress. Davis called Tuesday’s action “only a start” in the effort to make sure lower-income students have a chance to intern in Congress. On Tuesday, the daughter of a truck driver said it all began with that internship — paid — in Edwards’s congressional office.

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2019 23:26 UTC