day in the life

Tangle News, a politics newsletter, came to Capitol Hill in June to film me for three days. They wanted to document what a congressman does all day.

Here’s editor Isaac Saul’s take on his 72 hours with me:

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”What is life actually like for a member of Congress?..

I’m a politics reporter, and despite spending so much time talking to politicians, or reporting in and around Washington, D.C., or following the news, I think my honest answer is I just don’t know.

Or, I should say, I didn’t know.

That was until a couple months ago, when I got to spend three straight days with Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA). Auchincloss is a three-term member of Congress; he’s young, just 37, and he’s noted that he’s the youngest Democratic father in Congress.

…I wanted to shadow a member and pull back the curtain on what their daily life was really like. The stumbling block, as you can imagine, was finding someone in Congress who would actually allow such a level of access.

And then a funny thing happened: Rep. Auchincloss wrote me an email.

The email was a response to a Tangle newsletter about healthcare, and he was criticizing a position I had taken. We struck up a correspondence, and then it suddenly hit me: Would he do it?

…So, today, we’re releasing a documentary-style video on YouTube about the time we spent with him.”

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On my work to define a proactive, positive agenda for Democrats.

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Sitting in on my discussion with VoteVets regarding battleground seats in Congress.

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