A Day in the Life of a US Senate Analyst
Examples from the schedule of Brodi Fontenot, Budget Analyst, US Senate Budget Committee
| 9:00 |
Read newspapers
Read up to five newspapers
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| 9:45 |
Meet with staff director to set priorities for the day
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| 10:00 |
Read variety of trade publications daily
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| 10:30 |
Phone calls to various parties with budget interests
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| 11:00 |
Staff meeting
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| 11:30 |
Write memo on issue raised in morning news related to current budget proposal
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| 12:00 |
Working lunch: Crunching numbers on various areas of the budget
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| 2:00 |
Meeting with interest group on budget proposal
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| 3:00 |
Small team meeting on overall budget numbers
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| 4:00 |
Contact other senate offices about needs in the budget
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| 4:30 |
Work on draft of legislation
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| 4:00 |
Visit town newspaper office
Meet with editor and reporter to verify content in article
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| 4:30 |
Meeting with new employee re insurance
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