Brent Budowsky
{{Short description|American journalist (1952–2023)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Brent Budowsky
|birth_name = Brent Jamin Budowsky
|birth_date = {{birth date|1952|2|28}}
|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2023|7|23|1952|2|29}}
|death_place =
|education = George Washington University (BA)
Catholic University (JD)
London School of Economics (LLM)
|party = Democratic
}}
Brent Jamin Budowsky (February 28, 1952 – July 23, 2023) was an American political opinion writer and columnist for The Hill.
Early life and education
Brent Jamin Budowsky was born on February 28, 1952,U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2016 in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was a teacher and his father was a insurance executive.
Budowsky attended Seaford High School in Seaford, New York.{{cite news|last1=Labinger|first1=Jerry|title=Dem Youths Want a Seat at the Wheel|work=Newsday|date=11 December 1969|id={{ProQuest|917403905}}}} Budowsky received his Bachelor of Arts degree from George Washington University. He completed a Juris Doctor from the Columbus School of Law of Catholic University, which included participation in the law program of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics.{{cite web |url=http://www.aflse.org/article.html?aid=1042 |title=Speaker's Biography, Brent Budowsky |date=June 24, 2009 |website=AFLSE Washington, DC: Speaker Series |publisher=Alumni and Friends of The London School of Economics in The U.S.}}
Career
From the mid-1970s to 1990, Budowsky served in senior congressional staff positions including legislative assistant to former Senator Lloyd Bentsen;{{cite news |first=Brent |last=Budowsky |title=The Libby Trial Is Serious Business |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/20/AR2007022001489.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=A14 |date=February 21, 2007 |accessdate=September 10, 2010}} extensively involved with the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, and was legislative director to Representative Bill Alexander, then the Chief Deputy Majority Whip.{{cite web |title=Brent Budowsky {{!}} HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/brent-budowsky |website=Huffpost.com |access-date=15 August 2023 |language=en}}
Budowsky worked as a political opinion writer and columnist for The Hill{{cite news|last1=Wemple|first1=Eric|title=How The Hill judges beauty |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=29 July 2014|id={{ProQuest|1550986839}}}}{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Lee-Ann|title=Rick Perry cites fake Canadian Occupy Toronto quote on campaign trail |publisher=The Canadian Press|date=1 November 2011|id={{ProQuest|902113144}}}} for over a decade.
After a brief illness, Brent Budowsky died on July 23, 2023, at the age of 71.{{cite news |title=Brent Budowsky, columnist for The Hill, dies |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/4151740-brent-budowsky-columnist-for-the-hill-dies/ |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=The Hill |date=15 August 2023}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070831061958/http://pundits.thehill.com/brent-budowsky/ Budowsky at The Hill’s Pundits Blog]
- [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-budowsky/#blogger_bio Budowsky at The Huffington Post]
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Category:Employees of the United States Congress
Category:George Washington University alumni
Category:Columbus School of Law alumni
Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics
Category:American male journalists
Category:Journalists from Washington, D.C.
Category:Washington, D.C., Democrats
Category:American political writers
Category:20th-century American journalists
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