Taken from an e-mail written at the end of my second day:
"We spent most of the day at Capitol Hill, getting our press credentials for meetings and hearings. We took a very long time to get slightly, and I mean very slightly, familiar with the building. While we were touring we heard that Obama would be in the building eating lunch with dem caucuses. John Kerry arrived before he did and once the crowd of reporters and photags dissipated, we walked into a hallway and found ourselves with Hillary Clinton and her people. I was within arms length.. Not bad for a second day..
"We spent most of the day at Capitol Hill, getting our press credentials for meetings and hearings. We took a very long time to get slightly, and I mean very slightly, familiar with the building. While we were touring we heard that Obama would be in the building eating lunch with dem caucuses. John Kerry arrived before he did and once the crowd of reporters and photags dissipated, we walked into a hallway and found ourselves with Hillary Clinton and her people. I was within arms length.. Not bad for a second day..
We also took a quick tour of all the press work areas and galleries. It was bustling and exciting.. I was more than impressed.
Tomorrow I think I would like to hear oral arguments at the Supreme Court. Apparently they are discussing one particular case in which a man robbed a bank with a fire arm then took a plea agreement to lower his sentence. So a few years later he had a tumor removed from his brain. In an appeal argument he said the tumor affected his judgment. Later he said he helped a friend defraud the US postal service then the court decided they would remove his eligibility for the plea agreement, meaning he would have to keep the higher sentence. He didn't appeal that decision until some time later. That is the extent of what I know about it now.. We'll see tomorrow.. All I know is that they are discussing whether or not to make a rule to recognize late appeals like those or not, considering it was made so much longer. The outcome could affect a number of people..
:/ I feel like I'm drinking from a fire hose.. just a bit overwhelmed. Later, we are deciding what credentials we will take for the day of the inauguration and the day before.. We have a limited number of press passes so I have to give a 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice. I think I will say I would like to be at the swearing in segment of the celebration, then on the parade route somewhere, and possibly an inaugural ball? Im not too sure about the last bit.. I will have to come back, get dressed into formal clothes and brave the cold air.. I might just say the "mall".. Its a pretty large area that I expect will be filled with people with interesting stories. They are expecting some three million people next week-- not including the ten thousand media staff..
:/ I feel like I'm drinking from a fire hose.. just a bit overwhelmed. Later, we are deciding what credentials we will take for the day of the inauguration and the day before.. We have a limited number of press passes so I have to give a 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice. I think I will say I would like to be at the swearing in segment of the celebration, then on the parade route somewhere, and possibly an inaugural ball? Im not too sure about the last bit.. I will have to come back, get dressed into formal clothes and brave the cold air.. I might just say the "mall".. Its a pretty large area that I expect will be filled with people with interesting stories. They are expecting some three million people next week-- not including the ten thousand media staff..
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