Here’s How a 24-Year-Old Former House Intern Finally Got Congress to Pay Its Interns

• Guillermo Creamer
• September 27, 2018
• In the News
• 631

Carlos Mark Vera’s non-profit, Pay Our Interns, hit one of its major policy goals before its second birthday. DC is populated in part by a rotating cast of interns, blazer-outfitted, ambitious, and all too often, unpaid. For Congressional interns, that changed Thursday, when the House followed the Senate and passed a “minibus” spending bill that allocated $13.8 million for interns’ salaries in both chambers. The bill should pass into law

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Huff Post: Congress Finally Approves Pay For House, Senate Interns

• Guillermo Creamer
• September 14, 2018
• In the News
• 748

The House approved a spending bill on Thursday that set aside nearly $14 million for intern pay. Congress gave final approval a $147 billion spending package on Thursday that included a budget to pay House and Senate interns, opening up opportunities for students across the country. Read More

Bloomberg: Capitol Hill Intern Pay Measure Advances for Trump’s Signature (1)

• Guillermo Creamer
• September 14, 2018
• In the News
• 501

The House of Representatives Sept. 13 cleared the final hurdle for President Donald Trump’s signature on an appropriations package that includes a provision for congressional intern pay. Read More

Pay Up: House And Senate Allocate Funds To Pay Interns

• Guillermo Creamer
• September 10, 2018
• In the News
• 617

On Wednesday, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee allocated $8.8 million to pay its interns in a 2019 spending package. The decision follows just a few months after the Senate Appropriations Committee included $5 million for intern pay in the legislative branch appropriations bill. Negotiations continue on other parts of the bill. Read More

BREAKING: House Approps has agreed on an $8.8M allocation for paid internships.

• Guillermo Creamer
• September 5, 2018
• In the News
• 575

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