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Imagine you’re a 25 year old staffer in Congress responsible for drafting legislation, meeting with constituents, writing speeches & responding to lobbyists. You also make recommendations for how your boss should vote.

Here's how you might start the day: sheril.substack.com/p/morning-… #science #politics


Morning On The Hill

A few hours as a legislative staffer.
Sheril Kirshenbaum (Unelected Representative)
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I'm just trying to remember having that much energy, enthusiasm, and will to do anything. So much of that is a young person's game.
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Sheril Kirshenbaum
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@cjonthehudson A dear friend & mentor once remarked that the most surprising part of his work on Capitol Hill was learning that the nation is largely run by people in their 20s & 30s.
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I started state legislative work at 29 and was relatively old; during the years I did a lot of congressional work was in my later thirties and well past the age of many of the people I was working with. In both places, there was the churn of young people who put in 5-6 years and moved on, and then there were the lifers.

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