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Posted by Christian Stafford on Feb. 14, 2022 Several senators have run afoul of Senate ethics rules designed to prevent them from using official Senate resources for campaign activities, according to a LegiStorm review of all senators' Twitter accounts and official websites. According to guidance from the Senate Rules Committee, Senate rules prohibit "any linkage from a Member's official website or social media to any campaign website or social media." The committee further states that "a Member's campaign website may not link to his or her official Senate website." Those who have most recently mixed their official and campaign presence online include Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.). Hawley's official website frequently links to his campaign Twitter account in press releases and has done so as recently as last month. His official Twitter account has frequently linked to his campaign Twitter account, as recently as this past November. Ossoff's campaign Twitter account, which recently linked to a website paid for by his campaign to promote his "Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act," is frequently linked to from his official Twitter account and has been linked to as recently as last Friday. Ossoff's official website also linked to his campaign Twitter account in a press release last April. Other senators who have run afoul of the rules are Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). Graham linked to his campaign Twitter account from a press release on his official website this past July. Rubio's official Twitter account has linked to his campaign Twitter account numerous times, as recently as November 2019, and his official website has also linked to his campaign Twitter account numerous times, as recently as February 2019. Cruz linked to his campaign Twitter account from his official Twitter account in July 2019. Booker and Schatz have both linked to their campaign Twitter accounts from their official Twitter accounts numerous times, with Booker's most recent instance occurring in October 2018, and Schatz's in January 2014. While she could not have been in violation of Senate ethics rules at the time, then-Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) linked to her campaign Twitter account from her official Twitter account numerous times in August 2017. According to House rules, "Member and Committee websites may not include personal, political, or campaign information; and may not be directly linked or refer to websites created or operated by a campaign or any campaign-related entity." Her official Twitter account at the time, @RepSinema, has now become @SenatorSinema. Some people and organizations who "caught our eye" last week:- Oliver Schwab, Chief of Staff, Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) (former staffer) – Uh oh!
Paying up - Jeffrey Allsbrooks, Logistics Manager, House Chief Administrative Officer (current staffer) – So-So
Unlocked and loaded - Adrian Deveny, Legislative Assistant, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (current staffer); Hannah Vogel, Policy Adviser, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) (current staffer); Pete Wyckoff, Senior Policy Adviser, Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) (current staffer); Laura Gillam, Senior Policy Adviser, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (current staffer); Kenneth DeGraff, Senior Policy Adviser, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (current staffer); and Dustin Maghamfar, Air and Climate Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee (former staffer) – Bravo!
Changemakers
Hill Hires - Aileen Ma, House Education and Labor Committee, Professional Staff Member
- Alexa Vance, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Communications Director
- Annie Clark, Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Senior Legislative Assistant
- Isabel Soto, Joint Economic Committee, Senior Policy Adviser
- Michael Brooks, Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Senior Agriculture Adviser
Hill Moves and Promotions - Brian Collins, now Legislative Director for Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)
(formerly Legislative Assistant) - Yana Mayayeva, now Chief of Staff for Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)
(formerly Legislative Director) - Doug Pasternak, now Staff Director for Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
(formerly Investigations and Oversight Director to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee) - Samantha Schifrin, now Legislative Director for Rep. David Price (D-NC)
(formerly National Security and Senior Policy Adviser) - Andy Eichar, now Communications Director for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
(formerly Press Secretary)
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