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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 8, 2021 A month into the new session, a fifth of freshman representatives and half of freshman senators have already added lobbyists to their staff, according to LegiStorm data. Five of the 117th Congress's ten new senators (three Republicans and two Democrats) have hired former registered federal lobbyists. Among 60 House freshman, at least 12 (ten Republicans and two Democrats) have hired lobbyists. Roughly three percent of current staff across the entire House and Senate have previously registered as federal lobbyists or foreign agents. This count includes district staff. Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), both former representatives, are the only freshman to have hired more than one lobbyist to their teams. Other freshman senators to have hired lobbyists include Sens. Tommy Tuberville (D-Ala.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.). In the House, Reps. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.), Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), Pat Fallon (R-Texas), Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa), Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.), Kathy Manning (D-N.C.) and Frank Mrvan (D-Ind.) have hired lobbyists. Lummis, Rosendale and Miller each employ one former lobbyist registered to Heritage Action for America, the Heritage Foundation's lobbying arm. Some people and organizations who "caught our eye" last week:Hill Hires - Misty Rebik, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chief of Staff
- Bill Dauster, Senate Budget Committee, Democratic Chief Counsel
- Peter Hoffman, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Press Secretary
- Andrew Mamo, Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA), Communications Director
Hill Departures - Ty James, formerly Legislative Assistant/Communications Director to Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
(now Chief Policy Adviser, Northern District at Mississippi Public Service Commission) - Marsha Espinosa, formerly Chief of Staff to Rep. Linda Teresa Sánchez (D-CA)
(now Assistant Secretary at U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Public Affairs) - Heather Douglass, formerly Communications Director to Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX)
(now Senior Account Executive at the Pinkston Group) - Greta Peisch, formerly Senior Counsel, International Trade to Senate Finance Committee
(now General Counsel at Office of the U.S. Trade Representative)
Hill Moves and Promotions - Ximena Barreto, now Director, External Affairs for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
(formerly Operations Director to Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC)) - Kevin O'Keefe, now Legislative Director for Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA)
(formerly Senior Legislative Assistant) - Rachel Levitan, now Communications Director for Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
(formerly Deputy Communications Director to House Foreign Affairs Committee)
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