PRESS GALLERIES * SENATE PRESS GALLERY The Capitol, Room S–316, phone 224–0241 www.dailypress.senate.gov Director.—Laura Lytle Deputy Director.—Christopher Bois Senior Media Relations Coordinators: Amy H. Gross Kristyn K. Socknat Media Relations Coordinators: Elizabeth B. Crowley Samantha J. Yeider John E. Mulligan III HOUSE PRESS GALLERY The Capitol, Room H–315, phone 225–3945 Superintendent.—Annie Tin Deputy Superintendent.—Justin J. Supon Assistant Superintendents: Ric Anderson Molly Cain Laura Reed STANDING COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENTS Jonathan Salant, NJ Advance Media / Newark Star Ledger, Chariman Joseph Morton, Omaha World Herald, Secretary Matthew Daily, Associated Press Ed O’Keefe, Washington Post Jim Rowley, Bloomberg RULES GOVERNING PRESS GALLERIES 1. Administration of the press galleries shall be vested in a Standing Committee of Cor- respondents elected by accredited members of the Galleries. The Committee shall consist of five persons elected to serve for terms of two years. Provided, however, that at the election in January 1951, the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall serve for two years and the remaining two for one year. Thereafter, three members shall be elected in odd-numbered years and two in even-numbered years. Elections shall be held in January. The Committee shall elect its own chairman and secretary. Vacancies on the Committee shall be filled by special election to be called by the Standing Committee. 2. Persons desiring admission to the press galleries of Congress shall make application in accordance with Rule VI of the House of Representatives, subject to the direction and control of the Speaker and Rule 33 of the Senate, which rules shall be interpreted and *Information is based on data furnished and edited by each respective Gallery. 981 982 Congressional Directory administered by the Standing Committee of Correspondents, subject to the review and an approval by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. 3. The Standing Committee of Correspondents shall limit membership in the press galleries to bone fide correspondents of repute in their profession, under such rules as the Standing Committee of Correspondents shall prescribe. 4. An applicant for press credentials through the Daily Press Galleries must establish to the satisfaction of the Standing Committee of Correspondents that he or she is a full- time, paid correspondent who requires on-site access to congressional members and staff. Correspondents must be employed by a news organization: (a) with General Publication periodicals mailing privileges under U.S. Postal Service rules, and which publishes daily; or (b) whose principal business is the daily dissemination of original news and opinion of interest to a broad segment of the public, and which has published continuously for 18 months. The applicant must reside in the Washington, D.C. area, and must not be engaged in any lobbying or paid advocacy, advertising, publicity or promotion work for any individual, political party, corporation, organization, or agency of the U.S. Government, or in prosecuting any claim before Congress or any federal government department, and will not do so while a member of the Daily Press Galleries. Applicants’ publications must be editorially independent of any institution, foundation or interest group that lobbies the federal government, or that is not principally a general news organization. Failure to provide information to the Standing Committee for this determination, or misrepre- senting information, can result in the denial or revocation of credentials. 5. Members of the families of correspondents are not entitled to the privileges of the Galleries. 6. The Standing Committee of Correspondents shall propose no changes in these rules except upon petition in writing signed by not less than 100 accredited members of the galleries. The above rules have been approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration. PAUL D. RYAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROY BLUNT, Chair, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. MEMBERS ENTITLED TO ADMISSION PRESS GALLERIES Abbott, Charles: FERN’s Ag Insider by Charles Balz, Daniel: Washington Post Abbott Bandyk, Matt: SNL Abdul, Shahzad: Agence France-Presse Banks, Adelle: Religion News Service Ackerman, Andrew: Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones Banks, Alvin: Bloomberg Government Ackley, Kate: CQ Roll Call Barakat, Matthew: Associated Press Adams, Rebecca: CQ Roll Call Barbeta Sanchez, Jordi: La Vanguardia Adcock, Beryl: McClatchy Newspapers Barker, Jeffrey: Baltimore Sun Ahmann, Timothy: Thomson Reuters Barnes, Robert: Washington Post Ahmed, Akbar Shahid: Huffington Post Baron, Martin: Washington Post Alexander, Charles: Thomson Reuters Barone, Michael: Washington Examiner Alfaro, Hector: Bloomberg News Barrera, Ruben: Notimex Mexican News Agency Alhendi, Abdulaziz: Saudi Press Agency Barrett, Barbara: McClatchy Newspapers Allam, Hannah: McClatchy Newspapers Barrett, Devlin: Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones Allen, William: USA Today Barron-Lopez, Laura: Huffington Post Almohaimeed, Abdullah: Saudi Press Agency Bartash, Jeffry: MarketWatch Al-Mubarak, Haifa: Saudi Press Agency Barthelemy, Laurent: Agence France-Presse Alonso, Hernan Martin: EFE News Services Bartz, Diane: Thomson Reuters Alonso, Luis: Associated Press Bassets, Marc: El Pais Alonso-Zaldivar, Ricardo: Associated Press Bassett, Laura: Huffington Post Alpert, Bruce: New Orleans Times-Picayune Batthyany, Alexander: Tages Anzeiger Ampolsk, Sarah: Kyodo News Baumann, David: Merger Market of Financial Times Amrich, Vladimir: World Business Press Baygents, Ronald: Kuwait News Agency Anderson, Joanna: CQ Roll Call Beary, Brian: Europolitics Anderson, Mark: Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones Beattie, Jeff: Energy Daily Anderson, Nick: Washington Post Beatty, Andrew: Agence France-Presse Anderson, Stacy: Associated Press Beckel, Michael: Center for Public Integrity Andrews, Natalie: Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones Becker, Amanda: Thomson Reuters Aoki, Mutsumi: Tokyo Chunichi Shimbun Beckner, Steven: Market News International Aoki, Nobuyuki: Sankei Shimbun Bedard, Paul: Washington Examiner Aomoto, Riyo: Kyodo News Beech, Eric: Thomson Reuters Appelbaum, Binyamin: New York Times Bell, Alistair: Thomson Reuters Appleby, Julie: Kaiser Health News Bell, Jarrett: USA Today Arai, Takuya: Kyodo News Bello, Marisol: USA Today Araki, Yumi: Yomiuri Shimbun Belman, Thomas: Saudi Press Agency Aratani, Lori: Washington Post Bendery, Jennifer: Huffington Post Ardinger, Will: CQ Roll Call Benjaminson, Wendy: Associated Press Arkin, James: Real Clear Politics Bennett, Brian: Los Angeles Times Armstrong, Joshua: SNL Bennett, John: CQ Roll Call Arnold, Justin: Yomiuri Shimbun Benson, Clea: Bloomberg News Ashizuka, Tomoko: Nikkei Berg, Rebecca: Real Clear Politics Asseo, Laurie: Bloomberg News Bergengruen, Vera: McClatchy Newspapers Atkins, Kimberly: Boston Herald Berkowitz, Steve: USA Today Attias, Melissa: CQ Roll Call Berry, Deborah: Gannett Washington Bureau Aukofer, Frank: Artists & Writers Syndicate Bettelheim, Adriel: CQ Roll Call Awabayashi, Konomi: Kyodo News Bialecki, Martin: German Press Agency - DPA Ayuso Determeyer, Sylvia: El Pais Bierman, Noah: Los Angeles Times Baker, Peter: New York Times Biesecker, Michael: Associated Press Baldor, Lolita: Associated Press Bifera, Lucas: Argus Media Ball, Michael: Argus Media Bilski, Christina: Nikkei Ballhaus, Rebecca: Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones Birch, Douglas: Center for Public Integrity 983 984 Congressional Directory MEMBERS ENTITLED TO ADMISSION—Continued Biskupic, Joan: Thomson Reuters Carter, John: Market News International Bjerga, Alan: Bloomberg News Carter, Katharine: Bloomberg Government Blakely, Rhys: Times of London Casey, John: Bond Buyer Bland, Melissa: Thomson Reuters Cass, Connie: Associated Press Bliss, Jeffrey: MLEX US Cassata, Donna: Associated Press Bloom, Daniel: CQ Roll Call Casteel, Chris: Oklahoman Blum, Justin: Bloomberg News Celik, Can: MLEX US Blumenthal, Mark: Huffington Post Cepla, Zuzana: World Business Press Boak, Josh: Associated Press Cerbin, Carolyn: USA Today Bobic, Igor: Huffington Post Chacko, Sarah: CQ Roll Call Bocchetti, Mark: MLEX US Chaddock, Gail: Christian Science Monitor Bochinin, Anatoly: Itar-Tass News Agency Chae, Byunggun: Joongang Ilbo Bois, Christopher: Senate Press Gallery (SPG) Chaffee, Conrad: Tokyo Chunichi Shimbun Bold, Michael: McClatchy Newspapers Chambers, Francesca: Daily Mail (UK) Bondioli, Sara: Huffington Post Chamseddine, Jad: CQ Roll Call Borenstein, Seth: Associated Press Chandra, Shobhana: Bloomberg News Boshant, Glen: SNL Cheng, Tsung-Shen: Central News Agency Bostick, Romaine: Bloomberg News Chiacu, Doina: Thomson Reuters Bouchard, Mikayla: New York Times Chiantaretto, Mariuccia: WolfNews Bowers, Jeremy: New York Times Chokshi, Niraj: Washington Post Boyer, David: Washington Times Chon, Gina: Financial Times Brady, Erik: USA Today Chong, Christina Young: Korea Times Brandt, Martin: Thomson Reuters Chowdhry, Aisha: CQ Roll Call Braun, Stephen: Associated Press Christensen, Mike: CQ Roll Call Bravin, Jess: Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones Christian, Rodney: Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones Brewington, Autumn: Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones Chudakov, Anton: Itar-Tass News Agency Brodbeck, Scott: LocalNews Now Cislo, Conor: Asahi Shimbun Brodey, Sam: MinnPost Clark, David: Agence France-Presse Brody, Benjamin: Bloomberg News Clark, Lesley: McClatchy Newspapers Brooks, David: La Jornada Clearfield, Alexander: CQ Roll Call