It's a ways off, but a heads-up that the Washington State Legislature runs a paid full time internship during the legislative session (January-April). It means having to take a semester off, hence the need to think ahead. But it also pays $1300 a month, and students who have done it is past have spoken highly of it.
Keep it in mind; the details are here:
http://www.leg.wa.gov/internships/
