**Congressman Zach Wamp**

**3rd District, Tennessee**

**WASHINGTON INTERNSHIP APPLICATION**

***Congressional internships provide practical, hands-on experience with
the legislative branch of the federal government. Complete this
application and email it, along with your resume, to Emily Hall at
<ehall@mail.house.gov>. If you have questions please call (202)
225-3271. Thank you for your interest in interning in my office.***

**Name**:
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**Current** **address:
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**Will you receive college credit for this internship?**
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**Name of Intern Coordinator:**
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**We receive applications from many talented young people. Applicants
who commit to work for a longer period of time will be given greater
consideration in the application process. List the specific dates you
are available for an internship.**

**Preferred start date: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Preferred
end date: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**List any workdays you will be out of the office during your
internship. Summer interns will be expected to work from 8:00 AM to 5:30
PM on days not specified below.**

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**For non-summer internships please list days and times of the week you
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**Please list below your computer knowledge/skills:**

**List three of your favorite books:**

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2.)

3.)

**List the three websites you most often visit:**

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2.)

3.)

**Below are a number of organizations, people, and publications involved
in public policy. For those you recognize, place: A plus (+) in front of
those you agree with on most issues, a minus (-) in from of those you
disagree with on most issues, a zero (0) in front of those you know, but
have no strong feelings about, and leave BLANK those you do not know.**

\_\_\_ Act Up \_\_\_ American Civil Liberties Union \_\_\_ National
Organization of Women

\_\_\_ Common Cause \_\_\_ National Education Assoc \_\_\_ National
Right to Work Committee

\_\_\_ World Bank \_\_\_ CATO Institution \_\_\_ Rev. Billy Graham

\_\_\_ Brookings Institution \_\_\_ Pat Buchanan \_\_\_ National Rifle
Association

\_\_\_ English First \_\_\_ Empower America \_\_\_ Sierra Club

\_\_\_ Heritage Foundation \_\_\_ AFL-CIO \_\_\_ Jesse Jackson

\_\_\_ Americans for Democratic Action \_\_\_ Pope John Paul II \_\_\_
Tony Blair

\_\_\_ MoveOn.org \_\_\_ Rush Limbaugh \_\_\_ Vladimir Putin

\_\_\_ Greenpeace \_\_\_ NATO \_\_\_ The United Nations

\_\_\_ Milton Friedman \_\_\_ OSHA \_\_\_ Amnesty International

\_\_\_ National Review Magazine \_\_\_ Senator Edward Kennedy

\_\_\_ Phyliss Schlafly \_\_\_ Family Research Council

**List three (3) persons historical or current that you most admire
(*exclude* family members):**

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3.)

**[Short Answer Questions:]{.underline}**

1.) List the names of any campus organizations to which you belong, the
positions you have held in each, if any:

2.) List the major non-campus, civic, social, or political activities in
which you have participated in the last five years. What do you consider
to be your most significant contribution to these organizations?

3.) Describe what you enjoy doing in your leisure time.

4.) Describe any jobs you have held over the last five years and how
these experiences would prepare you to work in Congressman Wamp\'s
office:

5.) Explain why you want to be an intern for Congressman Wamp. What do
you consider to be your major strengths and qualifications for the
program? What benefits do you feel are likely to result from your
participation?

6.) Please list three (3) references and include name, address and phone
number and your affiliation with that person:

1.)

2.)

3.)

**7.) For emergency contact purposes, please list the mailing address
and phone number where you will be staying in the Washington area. If
arrangements are not final, please list your options to find housing.**

**8.) Our Congressional internships are unpaid and reimbursement for
transportation benefits is not provided. How will you support yourself
financially? What arrangements have you made for transportation?**

**[Dress Code]{.underline} -- Employees and interns are expected to
dress and be groomed in a professional manner at all times. For men:
suit or sport coat, and tie; dress slacks. For women: dress, suit,
pantsuit, or dress slacks, or conservative and modest skirt and blouse
or sweater; no low cut blouses or short skirts. No jeans or denim may be
worn. No pants with patch pockets, such as cargo pants, or other causal
clothes should be worn. Men are allowed to have a neat and trimmed
mustache or beard; otherwise they should be cleanly shaven.**

**Please sign your name below confirming that you understand this
internship is unpaid.**

**Signature:
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**(Please enclose a copy of your resume**)