The challenge to take a photo with all 100 U.S. senators started as a proposal from an internship coordinator in Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office as a way to meet more members of Congress. Then it became a fiercely competitive rivalry.
They were looking for Sen. Amy Klobuchar . An urgent call went out for the senator on Twitter, and finally, staffers ushered her through the Senate doors.So concluded the months-long mission that two classes of interns for Murkowski had doggedly pursued throughout the summer: to take a photo with all 100 U.S. senators before their internships ended.
“Hell hath no fury like the group of Murkowski interns terrorizing the entire Senate with requests for photos,” HuffPost politics reporter Igor BobicIn a statement to The Post, Murkowski praised her interns and said they had been well received by her colleagues. In between taking selfies, the interns attended hearings and shadowed Murkowski at votes and congressional meetings, she added.
The perfect spot to catch the senators was near the entrance to the Capitol’s internal subway that ferries staffers between the Senate and their office buildings on Capitol Hill. Tejada and the interns waited there after votes and coaxed exiting senators into stopping for a quick photo. Most everyone, to their surprise, said yes.“They kind of didn’t have anywhere else to go,” said Ellie Shaw, a June intern. “And they would much rather come take a picture with us than talk to some reporters.
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