PRESS GALLERIES* SENATE PRESS GALLERY The Capitol, Room S–316, phone 224–0241 Director.—S. Joseph Keenan Deputy Director.—Joan McKinney Media Coordinators: Amy H. Gross James D. Saris Wendy A. Oscarson HOUSE PRESS GALLERY The Capitol, Room H–315, phone 225–3945 Superintendent.—Jerry L. Gallegos Deputy Superintendent.—Justin J. Supon Assistant Superintendents: Laura Reed Drew Cannon Ric Andersen Molly Cain STANDING COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENTS Julie Hirschfeld Davis, The Baltimore Sun, Chairman Chuck McCutcheon, Newhouse News Service, Secretary Bart Jansen, Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegraph Susan Milligan, Boston Globe Bill Walsh, The Times Picayune 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 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. *Information is based on data furnished and edited by each respective gallery. 929 930 Congressional Directory 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 the these rules except upon petition in writing signed by not less than 100 accredited members of the galleries.Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives.Trent Lott, Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.The above rules have been approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration. J. DENNIS HASTERT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TRENT LOTT, Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. MEMBERS ENTITLED TO ADMISSION PRESS GALLERIES Abbott, Charles: Reuters Aulston, Von: New York Times Abell, John: Reuters Auster, Elizabeth: Cleveland Plain Dealer Abrahms, Douglas: Gannett News Service Aversa, Jeannine: Associated Press Abrams, James: Associated Press Azpiazu, Maria: EFE News Services Abruzzese, Leo: Bloomberg News Babcock, Charles: Washington Post Achenbach, Joel: Washington Post Babington, Charles: Washington Post Ackerman, Liza: Congressional Quarterly Bachelet, Pablo: Knight Ridder/Miami Herald Adair, William: St. Petersburg Times Baer, Susan: Baltimore Sun Adams, Rebecca: Congressional Quarterly Bai, Matt: New York Times Magazine Adcock, Beryl: Knight Ridder Bailey, Anna: Washington Examiner Agres, Theodore: Washington Times Bailey, Ruby: Knight Ridder/Detroit Free Press Ahearn, David: Defense Today Baker, Chris: Washington Times Aida, Hirotsugu: Kyodo News Baker, Peter: Washington Post Akita, Hiroyuki: Nikkei Baker, Frank: Associated Press Albanesius, Chloe: National Journal’s Technology Baldor, Lolita: Associated Press Daily Ball, Michael: Argus Media Alberts, Sheldon: Canwest News Service Balls, Andrew: Financial Times Alconada, Hugo: La Nacion Baltimore, Chris: Reuters Alday, Ricardo: Notimex Mexican News Agency Balz, Daniel: Washington Post Alden, Edward: Financial Times Banales, Jorge: EFE News Services Aldinger, Charles: Reuters Banks, Adelle: Religion News Service Alexander, Charles: Reuters Barfield Berry, Deborah: Newsday Alexander, Andrew: Cox Newspapers Barker, Jeffrey: Baltimore Sun Ali, Syed: Congressional Quarterly Allen, Michael: Washington Post Barnett, James: Oregonian Allen, Ross: Argus Media Barollier, Pascal: Agence France-Presse Allen, JoAnne: Reuters Barr, Gary: Washington Post Allen, Victoria: Reuters Barrera, Ruben: Notimex Mexican News Agency Allen, Jonathan: Congressional Quarterly Barrett, Randy: Communications Daily Allison, Wes: St. Petersburg Times Barrett, Devlin: Associated Press Alonso-Zaldivar, Ricardo: Los Angeles Times Barrett, Randy: National Journal’s Technology Daily Alpert, Bruce: New Orleans Times-Picayune Barringer, Felicity: New York Times Al-Sowayel, Naila: Saudi Press Agency Barry, Theresa: Bloomberg News Anason, Dean: American Banker Barshay, Jill: Congressional Quarterly Anderson, Mark: Dow Jones Newswires Bartash, Jeffry: MarketWatch Andrews, Caesar: Gannett News Service Bashir, Mustafa: Saudi Press Agency Andrews, Edmund: New York Times Basken, Paul: Bloomberg News Angle, Martha: Congressional Quarterly Bater, Jeffrey: Dow Jones Newswires Anklam, Jr., Fred: USA Today Batrawy, Aya: Kuwait News Agency Aoki, Tadaoki: Nishi-Nippon Shimbun Batt, Tony: Stephens Media Group Appleby, Julie: USA Today Battaile, Janet: New York Times Archibald, George: Washington Times Bauerlein, Valerie: Raleigh News & Observer Arkell, Robert: Washington Examiner Baygents, Ronald: Kuwait News Agency Arnold, Laurence: Bloomberg News Bayot, James: Congressional Quarterly Arthur, William: Bloomberg News Bazinet, Kenneth: New York Daily News Arundel, Kara: LRP Publications Beattie, Jeff: Energy Daily Asher, Julie: Catholic News Service Beck, Ellen: United Press International Asher, James: Knight Ridder Beck, Tobin: United Press International Ashizuka, Tomoko: Nikkei Becker, Elizabeth: New York Times Asseo, Laurie: Bloomberg News Beckner, Steven: Market News International Aukofer, Frank: Artists & Writers Syndicate Beddall, Katherine: Agence France-Presse 931 932 Congressional Directory MEMBERS ENTITLED TO ADMISSION—Continued Beech, Eric: Reuters Boyd, Robert: Knight Ridder Behn, Sharon: Washington Times Brady, Erik: USA Today Bellantoni, Christina: Washington Times Branch-Brioso, Karen: St. Louis Post Dispatch Belopotosky, Danielle: National Journal’s Branson, Louise: USA Today Technology Daily Brasher, Philip: Des Moines Register Bendavid, Naftali: Chicago Tribune Braun, Stephen: Los Angeles Times Bender, Bryan: Boston Globe Bravin, Jess: Wall Street Journal Benedetto, Richard: USA Today Bredemeier, Kenneth: Chicago Tribune Benenson, Robert: Congressional Quarterly Bremner, Faith: Gannett News Service Benincasa, Robert: Gannett News Service Bridis, Ted: Associated Press Benkelman, Susan: Congressional Quarterly Brinkley, Joel: New York Times Bennet, James: New York Times Bristol, Nellie: Health News Daily Benson, Miles: Newhouse News Service Brock, Gregory: New York Times Berardelli, Phil: United Press International Broder, Jonathan: Congressional Quarterly Berger, Matthew: Jewish Telegraphic Agency Broder, David: Washington Post Bergman, Hannah: American Banker Brodmann, Ronald: Congressional Quarterly Berley, Max: Bloomberg News Brogan, Pamela: Gannett News Service Bernard, Jerome: Agence France-Presse Brooks, Jennifer: Gannett News Service Berry, John: Bloomberg News Brooks, David: La Jornada Bethel, Alison: Detroit News Brooks, David: New York Times Bettelheim, Adriel: Congressional Quarterly Brosnan, James: Scripps Howard News Service Bicknell, John: Congressional Quarterly Brown, Steve: LRP Publications Bilodeau, Otis: Bloomberg News Brown, David: Washington Post Bilski, Christina: Nikkei Birnbaum, Jeffrey: Washington Post Brownstein, Ronald: Los Angeles Times Bishop, Sam: Fairbanks Daily News Miner Brune, Thomas: Newsday Biskupic, Joan: USA Today Bumiller, Elisabeth: New York Times Bivins, Larry: Gannett News Service Bunis, Dena: Orange County Register Bjerga, Alan: Wichita Eagle Burke,