The congressional page program shaped the lives of countless leaders from Bill Gates to various lawmakers in Washington D.C. It's being shut down after nearly 200 years.

In summer 1977, I walked on to the floor of the House of Representatives for the first time as a congressional page. Pushing through the chamber’s heavy doors, a scared kid from Chicago, I found ...

Congressional Pages Discuss Working on the Hill Each year, a handful of select high school students are invited to live in Washington, D.C., to serve as congressional pages.

Darryl Gonzalez provides an account in a new book about the history of the congressional pages, both boys and girls, who have served Congress for more than 200 years.

Senate pages place copies of the Congressional Record, executive and legislative calendars, and pending legislation on every senator’s desk in the chamber before the start of each day. When a senator ...

U.S. Rep. Mark Foley resigned last week after revelations emerged of sexually explicit instant messages he sent in 2003 to former congressional pages. Here are some questions and answers about the ...

He’s a key Democrat on Capitol Hill, and he may be close to pushing the Senate towards passage of an expansion of the Child Tax Credit. Join Washington Post Live on Thursday, July 15 at 2:30pm ...

The Senate page program has been on hiatus during the pandemic but will return in the fall. Above, pages ride the subway to deliver copies of a bill to the Senate document room in July 2017.