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A United States Senate Page (Senate Page or simply Page) is a non-partisan federal employee serving the United States Senate in Washington, DC. Seal of the U.S. Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ...
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Selection
In order to become a US Senate Page, one must first be nominated by a Senator, generally from his or her State. Senators are granted a chance to nominate a Page based on seniority. Generally, senators who have served the longest are guaranteed Pages, but there are occasions in which less senior senators nominate Pages. A prospective candidate must be a 16 or 17 year-old high school junior (11th grade) with at least a 3.0 GPA. Additional processes for selection vary from different sponsoring senators' offices. Typically, a senators' office will require the applicant to submit a transcript, resume, and essay. The process is similar to that of selecting an office intern. After a senator (or likely one of his/her staff) has reviewed all the submissions, one is appointed.
US Senate Pages can apply for appointment to one of four terms: a five-month Fall semester (September-January), a five-month Spring semester (January-June), or one of the two several-week summer sessions in June and July. Those selected to serve during the summer period may serve either the summer directly before or directly after their junior year of high school.
During the fall and spring semesters, there are up to 30 Pages. The majority appoints 18, while the minority appoints 12. In the summer, there is no firm limit on the number of Pages, but it is traditionally in the mid 40s, with the majority again being allowed a greater number.
Uniform & Appearance Because US Senate Pages are required to wear uniforms while on the job, they are some of the most recognized employees of the Senate. The uniform consists of a navy blue suit, a white, long sleeve, traditional dress shirt, a name badge, Page insignia lapel pin, and a plain, navy tie (males only).
As expected of most Senate employees, Pages are especially required to maintain a neat, professional appearance. Boys must be clean-shaven with hair kept short and neat. Girls must also have their hair neat and kept out of their face. There is no extraneous jewelry to be worn.
Residence and free time US Senate Pages currently reside at the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence. This facility was previously a funeral home and was reconfigured in order to provide Pages with a home away from home during their time in Washington. Administration and staff include the Page Program Director, Administrative Assistant, four resident Proctors, and one non-resident Proctor.
The living quarters cover two floors, one for male Pages, the other for female Pages. Each floor has a community day room for social activity. All Pages share furnished rooms with other Pages and each room is designed for four or six occupants. Each room has closet space, a bathroom, and a single telephone shared by the entire room. The Senate Page School, laundry facilities and a kitchen are located on the basement level.
The program provides the pages with 2 meals per day, seven days per week. Breakfast is provided each day through a fully stocked kitchen. Lunch is provided on weekdays through a meal card at the Senate Cafeteria. On Saturdays, lunch or dinner is usually provided through a voucher for a meal at Union Station, or if the Pages are on a field trip, dinner will be provided on the trip. On Sundays, the program provides dinner in the kitchen, or goes out to a restaurant.
The United States Capitol Police maintains a 24-hour post at Webster Hall as well as outside foot and car patrols. Their responsibility is to provide security for the facility and its occupants and to monitor access to the building. Webster Hall is monitored by a security alarm system. The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is a police force charged with protecting the United States Congress within the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its terrirtories. ...
When not at school or at work, Pages are given some liberty with their free time. Pages are subject to a curfew (10:00 p.m. on school nights and 11:00 p.m. during the weekend) and are expected to maintain high standards. Regarding transit, while Pages are not permitted to bring personal vehicles with them to the District of Columbia, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has an underground rail system which they are welcome to use. The Jackson Graham Building, where Metro headquarters is located. ...
Most weekends, Pages are free from school or work obligations. 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.
The Senate Sergeant at Arms supervises Webster Hall. The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. ...
School US Senate Pages (who serve during either of the semester programs) attend school located in the lower level of Webster Hall. The US Senate Page School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Pages must choose four courses to take during their stay in Washington.
The Page School offers classes in each subject area: Social Studies (US History, American Government, Political Science), English (Advanced Composition, British Literature, American Literature), Math (Algebra II/Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus), and Science (Chemistry and Physics). Foreign language tutoring is available on Sunday afternoons for nearly every language.
Each week day, classes begin at precisely 6:15 a.m.. Class length varies from 30 to 50 minutes, depending upon the daily schedule of the Senate. Generally, school ends one hour and 15 minutes before the Senate convenes. If the Senate does not convene, or not before 11:00 a.m., school ends at 9:45.
The Page school supervises the Student Council and the preparation of a yearbook.
Pages are also required to participate in school field trips. Run by the Senate Page School, they are conducted approximately one Saturday a month to sites in or around Washington. Recently these have been to places like the DuPont gun powder mill and musuem located in Wilmington, DE and Yorktown, VA. The Page School also arranges special tours of the Capitol and Washington during school time. Recently the Pages toured the Old Senate Chamber, visited the Cherry Blossom Festival, and received a lecture on the architecture of the Capitol by Historian for the Architect of the Capitol.
The Secretary of the Senate supervises the United State Senate Page School.
Like most other high schools, Pages are given the opportunity to invest in a Senate Page School class ring. The difference is these rings are allowed to have the Senate emblem on them.
Commuter Pages During the summer sessions only, many pages live in either their homes or the homes of their relatives in the Washington, D.C. area. These pages fulfill the same duties as the "residential" summer pages, except that they arrive at 9:00AM and depart at 6:00PM regardless of the action of the Senate that day ("residential" pages are required to stay until after the Senate adjourns for the day). "Commuter" pages are allowed to participate in field trips with the other pages.
Work The Page's work life revolves around the US Capitol in Washington, DC. A Page serves the party of his appointing Senator. The Pages are employed by the Sergeant at Arms and technically report to the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority. The supervision of the Pages has been delegated to the cloakrooms. 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. ...
Senate Pages play an important role in the daily operation of the Senate. Page duties consist primarily of delivery of correspondence and legislative material within the Congressional Complex. Other duties include preparing the Chamber for Senate session, taking messages for Senators or calling them to the phone, and carrying bills and amendments to the presiding officer's desk. Pages also retrieve lecterns, easels, and water for Senators and clerks.
When the Senate is in session, half of the Pages are released from duty at 6:00 p.m. each week day; the other half remains until Senate adjourns. If the Senate continues to work throughout the night, the first group of Pages might return to work in the wee hours of the morning.
When the Senate is not in session, Pages work from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m..
For their average of 40 hours of work per week, Pages are compensated $20,500 per annum, from which are deducted federal and local (based upon the individual page's permanent residence) taxes and a $600 per month residence fee.
Benefits The job of page comes with many perks. These include, but are not limited to: - Watching the world's "greatest deliberative body" in action up close.
- Unrestricted access to virtually everywhere in the Capitol (such as the Senate Chamber, Marble Room, cloakrooms, and Senate lobby), a small but interesting perk that many other Senate employees don't have.
- Boarding on Capitol Hill with teenagers from all around the country at no heavy financial burden to them.
- A chance to watch joint sessions of Congress, as well as the State of the Union Address (Spring Pages).
- The opportunity to study at the Library of Congress, and make use of the Senate library and other facilities in the Capitol.
- A chance to tour and see much of what Washington, DC as well as surrounding areas and states have to offer.
- Many celebrities and other noted personalities will often visit the Capitol, and Pages may receive photo-ops with them.
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