About the Senate Page Program

The United States Senate Page Program introduces students from diverse backgrounds to many interesting and challenging experiences in the nation’s capital. Living away from home with students from across the country allows pages to experience a myriad of new ideas and perspectives as well as develop skills in communication and compromise. Pages learn the value of public service while meeting some of our nation’s most prominent leaders and witnessing firsthand the political debates of the United States Senate.

Page Responsibilities

Pages play an important role in the daily operation of the Senate. Their shared responsibilities consist primarily of delivering correspondence and legislative material within the Capitol and Senate office buildings, preparing the Chamber for Senate sessions, and working on the Senate floor where they provide assistance during roll call votes, support senators and staff during debates, and carry bills and amendments to the desk.

A page’s day starts early. Following breakfast, pages begin school each morning at 6:00 a.m. They report to work one hour before the Senate convenes or at 10:00 a.m. (whichever is earlier). Pages’ hours of work are determined by the Senate schedule and change daily. On days that the Senate is in session, half of the group is excused from work at 6:00 p.m. and the other half when the Senate adjourns. On recess days, pages are excused at 4:00 p.m. Pages are supervised at work by staff in the cloakroom of their sponsoring senator’s party.

Living Arrangements and Compensation

During the school year, pages are required to live in the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence which is located on Capitol Hill. Pages share furnished rooms with three to five roommates. Laundry facilities and a kitchen are located within the building. The cost of residence living is $1,200 per month, which includes housing, two meals per day, and field trips; payments are withheld by automatic payroll deductions.

Pages are paid on an annual salary basis of $37,238. Since pages serve for less than a year, they do not earn an entire annual salary.

Session Dates

Pages are expected to commit to the entire session for which they are selected. Semester dates are based on the academic calendar; summer sessions are determined based on the Senate calendar. Upcoming session dates are published on a rolling basis.

Requirements

• Pages must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or subject to agreements of the Department of State, and must have a Social Security number.
• Semester Page eligibility is limited to juniors in high school who will be 16 or 17 years old on or before the date of appointment.
• Summer Page eligibility is open to rising juniors and rising seniors who will be 16 or 17 years old on or before the date of appointment. Students who are 18 years old may not be appointed.
• Pages must verify a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0/B to qualify for school attendance.
• Pages must provide a general health assessment completed by a licensed physician and a certification of immunization.
• Pages are required to be covered by health insurance; if not covered, they will be required to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

How to Apply

Prior to submitting your application, please communicate with your high school to discuss the transferability of academic credits earned at the Page School, should you be offered a position.

There are only 30 page positions that serve the 100 members of the United States Senate; therefore, not all senators are able to appoint their selected candidate. This includes Senator Blunt Rochester, who may not have a slot in the Page program every session. 

For more information, please review the U.S. Senate’s website on the page program or call Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester’s D.C. office.