[net-gold] UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT : GOVERNMENT: BUDGETS AND BUDGETING: House Shuts Down Its Page Program
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- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:05:47 -0400 (EDT)
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UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT :
GOVERNMENT: BUDGETS AND BUDGETING:
House Shuts Down Its Page Program
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House Shuts Down Its Page Program
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: August 8, 2011
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/us/politics/09page.html
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WASHINGTON In the more than 175 years since young people began coming to
Washington to work as Capitol messengers, the experience of being a
Congressional page has marked the start and on occasion the scandalous
end of many a political career.
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Now the ubiquitous teenage pages, with their navy blue blazers and earnest
looks, will disappear from the House side of the Capitol a victim, House
leaders said Monday, of budget cuts and improvements in technology, like
BlackBerrys, that have rendered their document-ferrying and message-taking
duties obsolete.
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The announcement came in a Dear Colleague letter to lawmakers from Speaker
John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, and the House Democratic leader,
Nancy Pelosi of California, who said they decided to terminate the program
after a review by outside consultants raised concerns about its costs and
effectiveness.
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The news caught alumni of the program, including current and former
members of Congress, by surprise. Many called it short-sighted. (The pages
will not disappear from the Capitol entirely; the Senate will still have
them.)
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There was no consultation by the leadership with the members, complained
Representative John D. Dingell, the Michigan Democrat and longest-serving
member of the House, who was a page in the late 1930s and early 1940s. It
is removing a wonderful opportunity for a lot of youngsters to participate
in their government, where they could actually learn how the country runs.
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But in recent years, the program has been touched by scandal, raising
questions about the safety and supervision of the House pages, typically
high school juniors who live in dormitories and attend school while in
Washington.
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