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Posted by Sean Myers on Feb. 1, 2016 A constitutional law professor and thrice-defeated candidate for the House of Representatives has joined a congressional panel to investigate Planned Parenthood. Frank Scaturro is the newest member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives. Congress created the group to gather information about the medical and business practices of abortion providers, specifically Planned Parenthood, and whether it sells baby parts. Leading Democrats compare the panel to the recent, "politicized" one that investigated Hillary Clinton's role in the Benghazi attack. Scaturro, a longtime champion and expert of President Ulysses S. Grant, gained fame with his 1998 book "President Grant Reconsidered." The book sparked a reassessment of the Civil War general turned president. Scaturro practiced law before joining the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee as counsel for the Constitution Subcommittee in 2005. The Republican ran and lost races in 2010, 2012 and 2014 for the 4th congressional district of New York. Some people and organizations who "caught our eye" last week:
- Troy Cribb, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chief Counsel for Governmental Affairs (former staffer) – Bravo!
Path to GSA stays warm - Brooke Sammon, Sen. Mark Rubio (R-FL), Press Secretary (former staffer) – Uh oh!
Trump feeds on Fox and Sammon - Michaeleen Crowell, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chief of Staff (current staffer) – Bravo!
Hillary Clinton has an understudy - Katie Beirne Fallon, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Legislative Director (former staffer) – So-So
Fallon leaves prime-time spot - Vince Fong, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), District Director (current staffer) – Bravo!
Breakfast with champions
Hill Departures - Gregory S. Brophy (Greg), formerly Chief of Staff to Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO)
- Dale Alan Neugebauer, formerly Senior Adviser to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)
- Allison F. Bormel, now Senior Campaign and Strategic Communications Adviser for U.S. Agency for International Development, formerly Communications Director to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Hill Moves and Promotions - Johnathon B. Huston (John), now Senior Policy Adviser for House Republican Policy Committee
(formerly Director of Coalitions and Member Services) - Eliot Crafton, now Senior Policy Adviser for Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
(formerly John A. Knauss Sea Grant Fellow) - Jonathan Wingate Burks (Jon), now Assistant to the Speaker for Policy for House Speaker (Republican)
(formerly Policy Adviser to Senate Republican Majority Leader )
Revolvers - Liliana Coronado,
Lobbies for: Brimley Group Inc. Most recent congressional employment: House Judiciary Committee - Michele Miranda,
Lobbies for: Portland General Electric Co. Most recent congressional employment: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) - Ryan J. Silverberg,
Lobbies for: DRS Technologies Inc. Most recent congressional employment: Rep. John Kline (R-MN)
Top hashtags of the week
- #gopdebate – (771 mentions)
- #equalpay – (342 mentions)
- #iacaucus – (253 mentions)
- #unitedforopportunity – (179 mentions)
- #challenger – (168 mentions)
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