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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsdear investigative journalists- how are congressional pages these days?
if members of congress and their professional staffs are not safe, still, then what is happening to the pages?
y'all remember the pages, right?
john shimkus, who was in charge of the pages, still sits in congress after mark foley quit when caught stalking and harassing pages.
he should be in prison, but no.
i say we should check in w them.
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dear investigative journalists- how are congressional pages these days? (Original Post)
mopinko
Nov 2017
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Irish_Dem
(47,501 posts)1. Good idea, bet we could learn a lot. nt
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)2. Wasn't it Foley who showed up drunk at their residence ...
... late one night,
demanding access to the male pages?
mopinko
(70,267 posts)4. and whose capital apt was right around the corner from the residence, iirc.
bench scientist
(1,107 posts)3. As of 2011 there is no House Congressional program anymore.
There is a Senate Page Program still.
mopinko
(70,267 posts)5. ah yes. thanks for the reminder.
easier to dump a good program than to get congressmen to keep it in their pants.