Tagged: Policy
Navraj Narula
What policy or issue are you most following while in Washington?
By Navraj Narula
Summer 2014
I am not a news junkie. You have every right to call me ignorant. I mean, I am here in Washington, D.C. and I walk past the man at the Woodley Park metro station trying to hand me a newspaper: “Sorry, sir, but I’d rather pair my morning coffee with fiction.” That was me during my first two weeks in this amazing, amazing city.
Mackenzie Marcotte
What policy or issue are you most following while in Washington?
By Mackenzie Marcotte
Summer 2014
Living in a city of hyper-informed political junkies may well intimidate the average person out of trying to keep up with policy issues, and yet the intoxicating passion and drive of D.C. seems to have the opposite effect. But if you plan to stay afloat, you need to choose an issue and start reading. For me, it’s the environment.
Kayla Doyle
What issue did you follow in Washington?
By Kayla Doyle
Fall 2013
At my office at the VA HQ
In Washington it’s hard not to follow the issues – they seem to surround you, permeating all facets of life from school work to conversations in the coffee shop. It’s a virtual haven for the politically-minded, like myself, who may sometimes overestimate their friends interest in the subject. This past fall has certainly been an interesting time to be in D.C. with a range of important and controversial proposals and events dominating the headlines, including the Government Shutdown, the Affordable Care Act implementation and subsequent problems, sexual assaults in the military, NSA leaks, and the Iran Nuclear Weapons deal. Still, for me one issue has become more important than the rest – the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, ENDA.
