Pro Politics with Zac McCrary Kelly Hall, ED of the Fairness Project on Working on The Hill, Passing the ACA, and Winning Ballot Measures
Kelly Hall is the Executive Director of the Fairness Project, which works to pass ballot measures on economic fairness issues such as the minimum wage, Medicaid expansion, and paid leave. Before taking the helm at the Fairness Project, she worked in campaigns and as a Hill staffer prior to entering the Obama Administration to focus on implementing the Affordable Care Act. In this conversation, Kelly talks through her own experiences to offer insight about working on the Hill, passing Obamacare, winning ballot measures, and running a political non-profit.
IN THIS EPISODE
How the first campaign Kelly worked shaped her career...
Memories of interning for Senator Tom Daschle...
Kelly is behind the scenes at the Obama breakout moment at the 2004 Convention...
Kelly’s memories as a Hill health care aide during the tense moments around the Affordable Care Act…
Kelly’s time in the Obama administration implementing the ACA and what she thinks has gone right and wrong with 10 years hindsight…
Kelly’s advice and best practices for Hill staffers...
Kelly’s path to the Fairness Project and the work it does…
Kelly provides case studies from the Fairness Project about expanding Medicaid in "red" states like Oklahoma and Missouri…
Kelly talks the need to build cross party coalitions to win ballot measures…
Kelly on what she’s learned about the nuts and bolts of running a political non-profit...
Kelly’s advice to people early in their political career…
And...Agent Orange, Ann Arbor, Xavier Becerra, Blue Dogs, bullshit detectors, George Bush, Lincoln Chafee, complaining over pizza, constellations of vendors, Joe Crowley, cutting turf, do-gooder lefties, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, marriage counseling, Mindy Myers, monorail salesmen, Nancy Pelosi, Pete Rouse, SEIU, Allyson Schwartz, shouting into the wind, Sheldon Whitehouse, The Simpsons, Zoom culture…& more!