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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 6, 2020 No longer dropping big bucks on private travel for members and their staff, interest groups may see their congressional influence wane until the pandemic's end. In the first six months of 2020, private sponsors have spent less than $700,000 on congressional travel. That's about $1.8 million less per year than the $2.5 million spent during the same time period in 2018 and 2016. Interest groups, which normally spend large sums on international and domestic travel in the hopes of making and influencing congressional allies, employ their highest travel expenses in the summer months. This year, there have been no trips since early March. Some people and organizations who "caught our eye" last week: Hill Hires - Wesley Coopersmith, Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), Legislative Director
- Lindsay Reilly, Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), Digital Director/Press Secretary
- Susan Eckerly, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, Senior Adviser
Hill Departures - Chad Yelinski, formerly Legislative Director to Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA)
(now Special Assistant to the President at White House Domestic Policy Council) - Drew Wayne, formerly Chief of Staff to Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY)
(now Tax and Trade Director at Siemens) - Moyer McCoy, formerly Senior Legislative Assistant/Clerk to House Ways and Means Committee Oversight Subcommittee
(now External Affairs Manager at Philip Morris International)
Hill Moves and Promotions - Katelynn Thorpe, now Communications Director for Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
(formerly Communications Director to Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY))
LegiBells
June 27: Ariel Gordon, Legislative Assistant to Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), married Paul Dorsey, Associate Director for Regulatory Affairs at the National Automobile Dealers Association
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