By: Trevor Leuzinger
Everyone’s done it, but can anyone remember it later? The people in the First Year House and Senate spend most of their time like the regular House and Senate, with the added bonus of getting to page for the rest of us. Led by the Lieutenant Governor, Micah Price, they learn about political procedure and go over their bills. While they do have to sit in much smaller and less cool rooms than the regular House, the debate going on in the Hathaway House is lively and intense as they talk on the virtues of having a wolf hunting season and of trading kangaroos for cows from Australia. Micah was “awe-inspired” by the ability of the first years and said it was, “like the first time I felt rain on my face.” The first years themselves are a mix of emotions. Andy Ritter of Butte Central said that it has been interesting and Micah is “awesome and insane.”
Of course, who could forget the best part of being a first year- the paging! Andy Ritter said jokingly, “paging is pretty sweet,” which probably means he’s never had to go from the lobbyist room to the House and back again. Paging is very important though. It’s great exercise, and without pages, Senators and Representatives wouldn’t have any way to communicate. So remember, the first years are important too, and they are the future of the program.
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