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The United States House of Representatives Page Program is a program run by the United States House of Representatives in which appointed high school juniors act as non-partisan federal employees in the House of Representatives, providing supplemental administrative support to House operations in a variety of capacities in Washington, D.C. at the United States Capitol. Some page responsibilities in the House include transporting legislative documents between Congressional offices and delivering new bills and amendments to the House floor both partisan and non-partisan. Pages are nominated by representatives based upon a highly competitive application process. Congressional Pages have served within the U.S. House of Representatives for almost 180 years. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education. ... An North American naming, a junior is someone in their last year but one at an educational establishment. ... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack... The West front of the United States Capitol. ...

Selection

Pages serve in one of four terms: a five-month fall semester (September-January), a five-month spring semester (February-June), or one of two three-to-four week summer sessions. Those selected to serve during the summer period may serve either the summer directly before or directly after their junior year of high school. After completing one session, pages may be eligible for the subsequent session, based upon merit and space. Prospective House pages are nominated by a representative or congressional delegate (pages have come from all 50 U.S. states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.) A page may be nominated by any representative, regardless of party affiliation or district, and there are minimum GPA requirements for appointment. Candidates must be at least 16 years of age at the time of service, and must serve during either their junior year or during the summer immediately before or after the junior year. Candidates are required to submit high school transcripts as well as information about extracurricular activities and other criteria, as well as an essay and three letters of recommendation. (Individual representatives may require a candidate to provide more information). Final selections are made by the Speaker of the House (for applicants to representatives of the majority party) and the House Minority Leader (for applicants to representatives of the minority party). Both the Speaker and the Minority Leader appoint a handful of the nominated pages themselves. Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties/Parishes/Boroughs, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the... The Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives serves as floor leader of the opposition party, and is the minority counterpart to the Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives. ...

It is a general rule that only one nominee is permitted per representative, except for party leadership (although during the 104th Congress, Duke Cunningham successfully lobbied for their joint appointment of twin sisters from Encinitas, California and Gene Taylor successfully lobbied for the appointment of three pages from the Gulf Coast during the 109th Congress after Hurricane Katrina). // Elections for the 104th United States Congress were held on November 8, 1994. ... Randy Duke Cunningham speaking January 2005 Randall Harold Duke Cunningham (born December 8, 1941), usually known as Randy or Duke, is a Vietnam veteran, convicted felon and a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Californias 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005. ... Location of Encinitas within San Diego County, California. ... Gary Eugene Gene Taylor (born September 17, 1953) is an American politician of the Democratic Party and a U.S. Representative from the 4th District of Mississippi (map). ... The Gulf of Mexico is a major body of water bordered and nearly landlocked by North America. ... The 109th United States Congress was the meeting of the United Statess federal legislature, composed of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ...

Under current guidelines, each grouping of pages, typically referred to as a "class", consist of between 60 and 80 students (the current number is 70). Fall and spring classes tend to have between 60 and 72 pages, while summer session classes are larger, being between 70 and 80 pages. Thus, not every representative can nominate a page.

Distribution of pages slots are 2:1 in the favor of the majority party in the House. However, each party rarely fills all their slots for the school year terms, leaving the minority page service more shorthanded. During the school year, in rare cases, the parties have allowed "cross-aisle" assignments, whereby a small number of majority appointees are allowed to drift across to the minority side for several week stints to better balance the distribution of pages.

Schooling

House pages serving during the school year attend the House Page School, located on the fourth floor of the Jefferson Building in the Library of Congress. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The length of class varies depending on the time in which the House begins its session. Every weekday, except public holidays, pages begin school at 6:45am. The only exception is for pages that worked past 10 p.m. the evening prior. Class length varies from 12 to 50 minutes, depending upon the daily schedule of the House of Representatives. Pages are usually dismissed from school an hour prior to when the House convenes. If the House does not convene, or not before noon, school ends at 11:30. Pages attend all classes for 50 minutes with five minutes passing time and a 15 minute break. If the House convenes at 10:00 am, Pages are dismissed at 9:00 from school. They still attend all five classes, but for only 25 minutes with no passing time. If the House convenes at 9:00 am, Pages are dismissed from school at 8:00. Such a school day is generally spent on a school-wide activity, though all five classes may be attended for roughly 12 minutes with no passing time. The Great Hall interior. ...

Pages are also required to participate in Washington Seminars. This program, run by the House Page School, is usually every other Saturday and the Pages visit to sites in or around Washington. Trips are followed by an activity or reflective journal entry. Occasionally, quizzes may be administered or extra credit offered. An exam is given at the end of the semester for course credit.

Clubs and groups may be formed if a Page has the imagination to found one. Examples of previous clubs have included the "Pennsylvania Club" founded by all of the pages hailing from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the 2003-2004 school year Page Class, and the Literary-Magazine club which is formed some school years to produce a magazine of the class's literary works.

Pages traditionally form a "Model Congress" program. For example, the House Model Congress program met weekly in the Agriculture Committee within the Longworth House Office Building. This began in 1997 and lasted, with only one missing year, through 2005. The Model Congress typically is a format for the pages to voice their opinions on the matters before the House at the time and for pages to practice parliamentary skills, including public speaking.

Page Graduation is an elaborate ceremony which typically takes place in the Cannon House Office Building. Pages vote and request a graduation speaker. Graduation speakers have included Jim Traficant(5 times), Tip O'Neil(4 times), Newt Gingrich (4 times), Jessie Jackson Jr (2 times), and Gene Taylor (2 times).

Environment

Clothing

House Page Jacob Kosoff in uniform

House Pages wear uniforms during school and while at work in the Capitol. Appointees are required to provide their own uniform, which consists of navy blazers, white dress shirts, gray slacks for males and gray skirts for females and black shoes. The Office of the Clerk provides a tie for both males and females. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 2400 pixel, file size: 379 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo of Page in Uniform. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 2400 pixel, file size: 379 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo of Page in Uniform. ... It has been suggested that Sportcoat be merged into this article or section. ... In American English, a dress shirt is a mens shirt with a collar, a full-length opening down the front from the collar to the hem, and full length sleeves with cuffs. ...

House Page Dustin R. Walker in uniform with Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA)

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Security

The Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms provides each page with a standard-issue U.S. Capitol identification card, which allows the pages access to secure areas of the Capitol complex, including the floor of the House chamber and H-401, the House Intelligence Committee. A Serjeant at Arms (also spelt Sergeant at Arms, and sometimes Serjeant-at-Arms) is an officer appointed by a deliberative body, usually a legislature, to keep order during its meetings. ... The U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is a committee of the United States House of Representatives, currently chaired by Peter Hoekstra. ...

Housing

House Pages currently reside at the Page Residence Hall (PRH) at 501 First Street, SE, Washington DC, 20003. This hall was completed in 2001. Prior to residence in the PRH, the pages resided in a former dormitory for Catholic nuns working at nearby Providence Hospital, before that at the now-demolished O'Neill House Office Building at 301 C Street SE, Washington DC 20003. (also known as House Annex One) and, before that, at various locations around the District of Columbia. The residence hall resembles a university dormitory, with shared sleeping accommodations (separate floors for males and females) and common areas for social activities. Most rooms house 3 pages, but some rooms accomidate as little as 2 or as many as 4. An ID card is required to access each hall. The ONeill House Office Building is the name of a former Congressional Office Building, located near the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. It was named after former Speaker of the House Thomas Tip ONeill (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994). ... ...

There are four proctors and an assistant director and a director. A part-time tutor is made available to assist pages with their studies in the evening. Study hall is open Monday through Friday, typically from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. Grades for each subject are reassessed weekly and if a page is below an 80 percent in a course, he is required to attend study hall for one hour Monday through Thursday. If a page is deficient in two courses, they must stay two hours. Pages can attend for as long as 3 hours, but no more than 2 hours is required.

When not at school or at work, Pages are given great liberty with their free time. Pages are subject to a curfew (10:00 p.m. during the week and 12:00 midnight during the weekend), must travel with at least one fellow page, and are expected to maintain high moral bearings. Regarding transit, while Pages are not permitted to bring personal vehicles with them to the District of Columbia, Pages have access to the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority's modes of public transportation, including the Washington Metro system. Additionally, pages are permitted to hire taxicabs (at their own cost) for transportation. A taxi serving as a bus Public transport comprises all transport systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles. ... The Washington Metro, or simply Metro, is the rapid transit system of Washington, D.C., and neighboring suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway. ...

Extra Activities

Almost every other Saturday and all Sundays, Pages are free from school or work obligations, unless emergency situations arise. Most spend their time working on school assignments, touring the many attractions in the DC area or simply relaxing from a long week's work. For holidays, Pages return home for Thanksgiving, Christmas/New Year and spring breaks; the dormitory is closed during these periods.

A student representative body takes form in the Page Activity Committee (PAC). PAC is responsible for organizing various social functions and fundraising events. However, the Committee has no governing authority (in terms of regulatory or disciplinary matters), and despite attempts from numerous Page classes to quasi-unionize, it does not serve as a petitioning body for the Page group to redress grievances with the Office of the Clerk or its subordinate groups.

Work

The page's work life revolves around the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Officially a division of the Office of the Clerk, the US House Page Program exists primarily to provide supplement support to various House offices. Two full-time, adult employees of the Office of the Clerk serve as "Chief Pages;" although some holders of this position self-titled themselves as "Page Supervisors" to avoid misidentification. Partisan employees, there is one Republican and one Democrat, to direct the day-to-day operations of the page groups and provide front-line adult supervision. Additionally, the Office of the Clerk employs a Page Coordinator to coordinate all aspects of page life, school, work, and dormitory and handle administrative responsibilities.

For work purposes, pages are divided into two groups, Republican and Democratic, based upon the party affiliation of their sponsoring Member (rarely, as mentioned above, some majority appointees may volunteer to the minority side). On both sides of the aisle, the vast majority of pages are based on the Floor of the House and serve as "Runners." These runners are dispatched to various House offices to transport various documents by "Overseer" or "Desk" Pages. The Overseer Pages are responsible for ensuring that all inbound call requests are met as quickly as possible and that the workload is distributed as even as possible among the runners. A fair number of dispatches involve the runners going to Congressional offices to bring proposed legislation (termed a "bill") to the "Hopper" (a repository box on the rostrum on the Floor) for official submission to the Clerk of the House. Often, much to the humor of the ofttimes more knowledgeable pages, college-educated, yet naive Congressional aides will address the envelope containing the bill to "Mr. William Hopper." Other correspondence may go to the respective Cloakrooms or other offices in the Capitol Complex. In addition, United States of America flags that are to be flown over the Capitol are often delivered by Pages to the Architect of the Capitol's Flag Office. United States Capitol The Architect of the Capitol is responsible to the United States Congress for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the Capitol, the congressional office buildings, the Library of Congress buildings, the United States Supreme Court building, the United States...

In the 110th Congress, Republican Overseers are assigned for the semester, while Democratic Pages rotate each day as Overseer or "Desk." This is up to the personal preference of the Page Supervisor.

Flags of the United States of America that have been flown over the Capitol are sorted by party and House Office Building and put in closets by employees of the Architect of the Capitol. Each day three Pages sort their party's flags from building into sequential order by room and floor. After all the flags have been returned to the member's office from whence it came, pages may leave work. Currently, Democratic Pages may leave after all of the "flag pages" are done with their deliveries. Republicans may leave only after 1:00 p.m. Popularly known as flag days, each runner is rotated to this duty regularly. These half days allow runners to go back to the PRH and sleep, do their laundry, do homework, hangout, and leave the dorm without a buddy--provided that they stay within about a mile radius and return by 4:30 p.m. Currently, Democratic Pages work as a flag page once a week and Republican pages once every two weeks.

The runners also rotate as "Floor Pages." There are three Floor pages each day and currently, they receive a flags on the following day. Floor Pages deliver copies of the Congressional Record around the Capitol and deliver other correspondence within the Capitol. They also deliver correspondence from the Clerk's Office staff seated at the Rostrum to their counterparts in the basement Office of Legislative Operations. They also respond to page requests by members on the Floor who use the Page Call buttons that every two chairs share. The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. ...

On a voluntary basis, Majority Page runners may serve as Voting Pages for a day. They go down to the Tally Clerk's section of the Office of the Legislative Operations in the basement. They print the final results of any vote or quorum call that uses the electronic recording devices and delivers copies of the results to several offices in the Capitol. There are two voting pages to allow for one to make copies while the other prints the results for the next vote.

On a voluntary basis, Majority Page runners may serve as Statement Pages for a day. Two pages do the job: one serves as Majority Statement Page, one serves as Minority Statement Page. Each Page sits on their respective side of the Floor about six rows back from the well. After a member speaks from the Leadership Tables or the Well on his/her side of the Chamber, a statement page will pursue the member and recover any prepared remarks the member had written before he spoke. The Page then delivers it to the Congressional Record Clerks. While Congressional Record stenographers take down all proceedings, copies of prepared remarks aid the Congressional Record staff in increasing their accuracy.

On a voluntary basis, Majority Page runners rotate as an Annex II Page for one day in the Ford House Office Building (Annex II). While there are enough pages that every Page would only have to go once a month, many go more often than that. Assigned in same-sex pairs, females and males switch off each day. They serve in the House Document Room, where many copies of each bill filed by a member that session is kept on file. Annex II Pages typically go together for a lunch at a local food restaurant (McDonald's is quite popular) and spend the day stuffing envelopes with three copies of a bill. Each member that sponsors or co-sponsors a bill receive three copies. After stuffing is done, many Annex II Pages sleep or find other ways to amuse themselves. Annex II Pages typically leave at 4:15 p.m. and arrive on the Floor to go home by 4:30 p.m.

Typically, runner pages are released from duty at 4:30 p.m. each week day that the House is not in session. However, should the House remain in session into the night for continued debate and/or votes, each Page Service typically retains three to four runner pages until the House finishes legislative business. Statement Pages stay as long as deliberations continue and voting pages serve until legislative business has concluded. Runners that will not be working late are dismissed at 5:30 p.m. on late nights if they are Republican; Democrats are released at 5:15.

Long-term Page jobs

Additionally, there exist several long-term posts to which noteworthy pages may be assigned.

Speaker's Pages

Speaker's Pages are two majority party pages which serve solely the Office of the Speaker. Based at the Speaker's Office on the second floor of the Capitol, Speaker's Pages act to supplement the Speaker's staff. From preparing beverages and snacks for the Speaker and his or her official guests to helping to compose internal memoranda, Speaker's Pages have direct access to the highest echelons of the House leadership. These pages fall under the de facto supervision of the Administrative Office of the Office of the Speaker. In the 110th Congress' Speaker's Office (under Nancy Pelosi), one Speaker's Page serves on the second floor, answering the more private telephone line that typically is dialed for the Speaker and her senior staff. That page also stocks the refrigerators in the offices on the second floor, keeps the community kitchen clean, and otherwise does miscellaneous tasks for the senior staff. His/her counterpart works on the fourth or Attic floor in the Administrative Office. He/she helps answer the more public line and deal with member staff inquiries. The Page also sends faxes and sorts any that the office receives. He/she delivers the mail and newspapers (traditional newspapers and internet news services) to the entire office. This Page usually works in concert with an intern. He/she also stocks the Attic and third floor fridges and cares for the attic kitchen. The pages are responsible for the storage room and making sure there is an adequate supply of soft drinks, coffee, tea, assorted coffee accessories, and office supplies. There is typically one male and female Speaker's page and they switch their duties each week. Speaker Pages stay as long as the staff requires them to do so. Typically, the page working in the attic leaves between 5 and 6 p.m. The page working downstairs typically leaves between 6 and 7 p.m. Nancy Patricia DAlesandro Pelosi (born March 26, 1940) is currently the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and has set several firsts for that position. ...

Documentarian Pages

Documentarians (or Documentarian Pages, "Docs") are perhaps the two most visible pages. Seated to the stage-left of the rostrum, these Pages have several important responsibilities. When the House gavels into session, the Documentarians are responsible for raising the US flag on the roof of the south wing of the Capitol, officially notifying the public that the House is in session. At the close of the day, when the House adjourns, they return to the roof and lower the flag. Additionally, they are responsible for activating the bell system which rings throughout the House-side of the Capitol complex, notifying Representatives that the House is in session or that there is a vote. Also, they provide assistance to the various clerks and congressional parliamentarians seated at the rostrum, as well as the Speaker Pro Tempore. Although highly independent, these Pages fall under the de facto supervision of the Timekeeper (Clerk to the Parliamentarian). There are typically four "Docs", two males and two females, that work in pairs. Docs work the longest hours of any pages. They work until the House adjourns, which is usually at midnight. They must be present during Special Orders, a time when a member may speak for one hour on any subject. Special Orders are conducted after the day's legislative business has ended and typically last until midnight. During Special Orders, one Doc helps cover the Majority Cloakroom phones while the other provides water to the rostrum and helps set up posters.

Cloakroom Pages

Each Page service has Cloakroom Pages (or "cloakies") that provide direct assistance to Congressmen when on the floor and assist the cloakroom staff. The most important requirement for serving in one of the cloakrooms is the memorization of all members of that political party. Cloakroom Pages go on the Floor to notify members of phone calls awaiting them in cloakroom phonebooths and to convey messages between Congressmen. Additionally, Cloakroom Pages help maintain official cloakroom records of daily proceedings, including bills before the House for debate and votes. Another requirement is that Pages be able to deal with the excessive smoke, as members often take cigarette breaks in the cloakroom. Miscellaneous tasks include shutting and standing in front of the cloakroom doors during the convocation at the beginning of every day the House is in session; cleaning the phone booths provided in the cloakroom for congressmen; assisting the cloakroom managers in answering phone calls; and during votes, waking up congressmen (who may be sleeping on couches during long or late votes) several minutes before the vote closes to make sure every member remembers to vote; These pages fall under the de facto supervision of the managers of the respective cloakrooms. Currently, the majority Republican Cloakroom has six cloakroom pages and the minority Democrats have four or five. The Republican Cloakies generally serve for an entire semester, though it has been known to switch out half its complement about halfway through the semester. The Democratic Cloakies generally serve shorter stints in the cloakroom: usually two or three serve as the long-term backbone and the others serve shorter terms. Cloakroom pages are dismissed when legislative business concludes, although two minority Cloakies typically stay to man the phones for the first hour or so of Special Orders. These are the Pages who get to see the "wheeling and dealing" of congress members firsthand.

Compensation and dress

For their average of 40 hours of work per week, Pages are compensated $18,817 per annum, from which are deducted federal and local (based upon the individual page's permanent residence) taxes and $400/month in room and board fees.

The dress requirements for males is a navy blazer, long sleeved white shirt, dark gray slacks, dark socks, dark shoes, and a standard issue tie. For females, the dress requirement is a navy blazer, a long sleeved white blouse, dark gray skirt or dark gray pants, dark shoes, appropriate hose, and a standard issue tie that is provided during orientation. Shoes should be solid black non-canvas low cut athletic shoes or comfortable black dress shoes. Pages are expected to maintain a neat appearance and conservative hairstyle at all time and adhere to the above dress code while working on the Capitol complex during business hours.

Until the early 1960s, pages (then all-male) were required to wear suits with knickers as pants, long after the style had become obsolete for other boys. Knickerbockers were a kind of mens or boys baggy knee trousers, of a type particularly popular in the early twentieth century. ...

Notable pages

• Anderson, Donnald - Clerk of the House 1987-1995^[1]
• Boren, Dan - Summer 1989 (later U.S. Congressman)^[2]
• Crenshaw, Ander - June 1961 (later U.S. Congressman)^{[citation needed]}
• Cushing, William B., naval hero of the American Civil War^{[citation needed]}
• Davis, Thomas, 1963-1967 - (later U.S. Congressman)^{[citation needed]}
• Dingell, John - 1938-1941 (later U.S. Congressman)^[3]
• Gates, Bill - 1974[1] ( Microsoft Founder )^{[citation needed]}
• Holt, Rush - Summers 1963 & 1964 (later U.S. Congressman)^{[citation needed]}
• Johnson, Jim - 1959 (1st African-American to be selected as a page, but was not allowed to serve)^{[citation needed]}
• Kolbe, Jim - 1958 (later U.S. Congressman)^{[citation needed]}
• Kanjorski, Paul - 1953 (later U.S. Congressman)^{[citation needed]}
• Owens, Bill - (later Governor of Colorado)^{[citation needed]}
• Wicker, Roger (later U.S. Congressman)^{[citation needed]}
• Woods, Tiger (later professional golfer)^[4]

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Program History

As early as 1827, males were hired to serve as messengers in Congress. In the Congressional Record (formerly known as the Congressional Globe), the term Page was first used in 1839 and referred to as a youth employed as a personal attendant to a person of high rank. Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

However, some sources claim that Pages have served as messengers since the very first Congress 1789. 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Over the years, the Page Program has seen many changes. In 1965, the late Senator Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) appointed the first black male page to actually serve and in the summer of 1973,the first female pages were appointed. Jacob Javits Jacob Koppel Javits (May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) was a New York politician. ...

The House of Representatives Page Board was established in 1982 and the first Members of the House Page Board were appointed in November of the same year the Page Board was established. The Board consists of two Members from the majority party selected by the Speaker, one Member from the minority party selected by the Minority Leader, the Clerk of the House and the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House.

1983 was a year of change and after much scandal, the Page Residence Hall was established and Congress required that all pages be at least sixteen years old and juniors in high school. Previous to that, the age range of Pages was 14 to 18 and no type of housing was provided. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Trivia

When Harry Friedman was a page in 1978, things were a lot different than they are today. Harry had this to say about what Paging was like in the 70s: The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ...

I’d be a little embarrassed to think that some of the things we did 20+ years ago would have any relevance to today’s pages. It was a different world then.

In his time: - No chaperones of any kind. Pages were infamous around The Hill for getting into bars and getting into trouble.

- Female pages couldn’t work past 6:00 pm. No one wanted them walking home in the dark.

- Summer pages had to find and pay for their own housing. Friedman lived on 2nd St., NE, others stayed at Trinity College and most of the female pages were at the YMCA.

- Pages can literally go anyplace within the Capitol complex.

"Fountain Hopping" was the favorite pastime. As a group (10-15 pages at a time) we would walk around at night and began to loiter around one of the hundreds of fountains in DC, and then at the right moment, we would jump in and swim. We would then, dripping wet, walk to another fountain and start over. The only place off limits was the Potomac basin (no one wanted to get shot). The favorite was at the Rayburn Building and the hardest was at the Supreme Court Building (I was one of the few to "jump" there and not get caught).

- Pages used to be able to sign their names on the rotunda of the capitol. The Tidal Basin is a partially man-made inlet adjacent to the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. It is part of West Potomac Park and is surrounded by the Jefferson Memorial and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. ... The Rayburn House Office Building (RHOB), named after former Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, is located between South Capitol Street and First Street in Southwest Washington, D.C. // History The newest of three U.S. House of Representatives office buildings, the Rayburn House Office Building was completed in early... Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. The buildings facade underwent renovation during the summer of 2006. ...

Pages involved in Rescue

On March 1, 1954, Puerto Rican Nationalists opened gunfire on the House Chamber during debate from the viewing gallery and injured five members of Congress. In this U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1954) Congressman Alvin Bentley was seriously wounded by a bullet fired by Lolita Lebron. Six pages carried Congressman Bentley (R-Michigan) off the house floor. The photograph of pages carrying Congressman Bentley can be found in the Page Residence Hall as well as the Republican cloak room and Page school. A bullet hole from this attack can still be found directly above the Democratic Page desk. March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The U.S. Capitol shooting incident of 1954 was an attack on March 1, 1954 by four Puerto Rican nationalists who shot thirty rounds of a Luger and automatic pistol from the Ladies Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the U.S. House of Representatives into the floor of the... Alvin Morell Bentley III (August 30, 1918–April 10, 1969) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Lolita Lebron (born Dolores Lebrón Sotomayor in 1920 in Lares, Puerto Rico) is an active advocate for Puerto Rican independence. ...

Scandals

1983 sex scandal

Main article: 1983 Congressional page sex scandal

In 1983, Representatives Dan Crane (R-Ill.) and Gerry Studds (D-Mass.) were charged with having engaged in sexual relationships with 17-year-old congressional pages. In Crane's case, it was a 1980 relationship with a female page and in Studds's case, it was a 1973 relationship with a male page. Both representatives immediately pleaded guilty. On July 14, 1983, the House Ethics Committee reprimanded both. However, Representative Newt Gingrich demanded the expulsion of both Congressmen. On July 20, the House voted for censure, the first time that censure had been imposed for sexual misconduct. Crane, who tearfully apologized for his transgression, lost his bid for reelection in 1984. Studds, however, refused to apologize (even calling a press conference with the former page, in which both stated that he and the page were consenting adults at the time of the relationship and that it was therefore not the business of others to censure them for their private relationship), and he continued to be reelected until his retirement in 1997. The 1983 Congressional page sex scandal was a political scandal in the United States involving members of the United States House of Representatives. ... Daniel Bever Slammin Dan Crane (born January 10, 1936) is an American politician. ... Gerry Studds Gerry Eastman Studds (May 12, 1937 – October 14, 2006) (pronounced , hard g as in get, rhymes with merry) was an American Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts who served from 1973 until 1997. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, often known simply as the Ethics Committee, is one of the committees of the United States House of Representatives. ... Newton Leroy Gingrich (born June 17, 1943), Ph. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 164 days remaining. ...

1996 alcohol scandal

In 1996, five pages were dismissed for underage drinking.[3]

2006 email and internet message scandal

Main article: Mark Foley scandal

The Mark Foley scandal involved the now former Republican congressman Mark Foley, who sent emails and instant messages of a sexual nature to several former congressional pages. Page Board Chairman John Shimkus said "that in late 2005 he learned — through information passed along by Rodney Alexander's office — about an e-mail exchange in which Foley asked about the youngster's well-being after Hurricane Katrina, and requested a photograph."^[5] Mark Foley The Mark Foley scandal, which broke in late September 2006, centers on sexually explicit and solicitative e-mails and instant messages sent by Mark Foley, a Republican Congressman from Florida, to congressional pages and former pages. ... Mark Adam Foley (born September 8, 1954) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until 2006, representing the 16th District of Florida. ... Shimkus visits Amman, Jordan in January of 2005. ... Rodney Alexander (born December 5, 1946) is an American politician from the Republican Party. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ...

After this revelation, other Congressional pages came forward with similar stories about Congressman Foley. Graphic conversations between Foley and several pages using AOL Instant Messenger were released by ABC News on September 29, 2006; Foley resigned the same day. Congressman Ray LaHood (R-IL) has since suggested suspending the program. “AIM” redirects here. ... ABC News is a division of ABC television and radio networks (ABC), owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

This was also believed to be one of the main reasons Republicans lost control of Congress in 2006 even though Foley resigned.

Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY19), who was Chairwoman of the Page Board from 1998 to 2001, [4] was caught up in the scandal when three pages said they were aware of Foley's inappropriate attention toward pages during her tenure. [5] Sue W. Kelly (b. ...

See also

• United States Senate Page
• Canadian Senate Page Program
• Canadian House of Commons Page Program
• Boys/Girls State
• House Page Board

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References

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External links

• U.S. House Page Alumni Association
• Congressional Page Association
• Congressional Page Class of 1984
• Congressional Page Class 1986
• Congressional Page Class 2001