Typical Day in My Office

I have said in the past that a typical day at my internship can change regularly. I come to work at 7:45 A.M. every morning where I find a stack of daily newspapers and journals on my desk. I usually throw away most of the newspapers and keep three different newspapers on the front table (Politico, Washington Post, New York Times) in order for constituents and the office staff to take a look at if anything is important.

After I am done with the newspapers, I open up the phone lines and check my email. I answer any emails that have come in from office staff. I usually make a list of things I need to do from those emails and then I move to check the Congressman’s voting record for the day before. I try to educate myself on the congressman’s opinion because I get calls from constituents that ask for his voting record and why he voted that way. By this time, I most likely would have received a phone call (which I get throughout the day) and I would listen and try to answer what ever I was being asked by a constituent.

Throughout the day, I will check the congressman’s social media and post different types of events and postings to his facebook and twitter page. I go to lunch at 12 o’clock and eat at the library of congress cafeteria. When I get back if I haven’t already started a project I will ask if anybody needs help from me and do whatever they need. I try to look at the representatives work schedule and prepare for the following days and week ahead. I might give a tour that day which takes up at least 2 hours. While my schedule continues to change though throughout everyday I work at the office and I seem to be introduced to a new daily task as I become more trusted in the office.