Hamlett Gets Promoted

Capitol Hill reporters may have noticed that 15-year House staffer Joyce Hamlett is no longer manning her post at the desk in the House Speaker’s Lobby. For years, Hamlett collected the cards reporters send onto the House floor in hopes of getting members to come out for interviews. Despite her sunny demeanor, Hamlett was also the official enforcer of Speaker’s Lobby rules for correspondents, and showed no fear in lambasting reporters and lawmakers alike who broke them.