Reminiscing about President Obama’s First Inauguration By: Andrea America had just elected President Barack Obama to his first term as president in 2009 when I started my very first gig on Capitol Hill. Senator Bob Bennett…
One of my goals this year, as I explained here, was to not only memorize every U.S. president in order but also to learn a thing or two about each of them. I wanted my kids to…
By: Andrea I don’t recall how many wedding presents my husband and I gave this past year. A half dozen, maybe more? But I can easily count how many thank you cards we got in return: two. Just two.…
By: Brittany I’m definitely a big city kind of girl. The skyscrapers, the hustle and bustle, sights and sounds of coming and going, the shopping, the eating, the lights, the feeling of something always happening–I love…
By: Brittany Growing up, my family ate dinner together nearly every single night. We talked about a lot of things around the dinner table, but politics was definitely not one of them. So, if you would…
Reaction to President Obama’s Farewell Address By: Brittany “The most important office in our democracy is citizen. . . . Each of us must accept the responsibility of citizenship, regardless of which way the pendulum of…
Reaction to Meryl Streep’s Golden Globe Speech By: Andrea Oh Meryl! You’re such a talented actress. Why’d you have to go and ruin your big moment by talking about politics? You won a big award at the…
Hi there! Welcome to The American Moms blog. We are twin sisters, moms, political junkies, former White House and Capitol Hill staffers, food lovers, and devout to our faith. This blog is a long time coming. We’ve talked…
A Reaction to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Singing at the Inauguration By: Andrea Have you ever had an issue totally get under your skin, even though you completely understood both sides of the argument? But the…
By: Brittany When I first moved to Washington, D.C. I was a junior in college and had just landed an internship at C-SPAN (nerd alert!). On my first visit there a year or two prior, I…
