LegiStorm: Transparency's Sidekick

Congressional staffers are featured on our "notable staffer disclosures" pages if they have disclosures that met certain criteria. We spotlight work on campaigns, prior or current work for interest groups, gifts received, certain positions held and other matters. For more details, see under "Data entry" on our About Financial Disclosures page.

• • Bergman, Terry G

    House Appropriations Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Prior Employment:	AFL-CIO Working for America Institute, $27,071

     

  • Bernal, Daniel E

    Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	San Francisco AIDS Foundation, board member

     

  • Bertram, Christoph P

    Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Regan, Zambri and Long

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Regan, Zambri and Long

     

  • Bestor, Geoffrey G

    House Veterans' Affairs Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Prior Employment:	Bestor Law Firm, private legal practice prior to coming to the Hill, $63,184

     

  • Beutel, Richard

    Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

    2006 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Archstone Smith Co.

     

  • Bhalotra, Sameer R

    Senate Intelligence Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Hogan & Hartson LLP

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Hogan & Hartson LLP

     

  • Bharara, Preetinder

    Senate Judiciary Committee

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Bryan Cave LLP

     

  • Bhowmik, Rachana

    Senate Resolution and Reorganization Reserve

    2006 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Ernst and Young LLP

     

  • Bilas, Kurt W

    House Energy and Commerce Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Agreements:	Employment agreement with Midwest ISO, executive director, government relations.

     

  • Billups, Karen K

    Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Consulting fees: Edison Electric Institute; Pepco Holdings; Mirant Corp.; United States Enrichment Corp.; PJM LLC

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Edison Electric Institute; Pepco Holdings; Mirant Corp.; U.S. Enrichment Corp.; PJM LLC

     

  • Birman, Igor A

    Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Campaign Work:	McClintock for Congress Campaign, $103,000; McClintock for Senate , consulting, $6,773; Placer County Republican Party, consulting, $9,825
    Positions Held:	Citizens for the California Republic, officer
    Compensation >$5,000:	Citizens for the California Republic, consulting and legal services

     

  • Birnbaum, S E

    House Administration Committee

    2009 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	Arlington County Environment and Energy Conservation Commission, chair

    2008 Report Notes:
    Prior Employment:	American Rivers, $27,400

    2007 Report Notes:
    Prior Employment:	American Rivers, $33,168.79 in 2007, $97,500 in 2006
    Positions Held:	Environment and Energy Conservation Commission, Arlington, VA, chair

     

  • Bjorklund, Cybele

    House Ways and Means Committee

    2009 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	David Winston Health Policy Fellowship, board of directors; National Health Policy Committee, steering committee; Center for Studying Health System Change, advisory committee

    2007 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	Steering Committee, National Health Policy Forum; Advisory Committee, Center for Studying Health System Change

     

  • Bjornstad, Jeff E

    Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Washington 2 Advocates

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Washington 2 Advocates

     

  • Blankenburg, Daniel W

    House Government Reform Committee

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	American College of Sugeons (new job); American Osteopathic Association

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	American Osteopathic Association

    2007 Report Notes:
    Earned Income:	Enburg Consulting, political consulting, $3,000

     

  • Bliley, Christopher P

    House Budget Committee

    2006 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	BKSH & Associates

     

  • Blinken, Antony J

    Senate Foreign Relations Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Biden for President, $110,000; United Our States, $12,000

     

  • Blodgett, Timothy P

    House Finance

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	American Society of Civil Engineers

     

  • Bloom, Andrew G

    Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH)

    2007 Report Notes:
    Earned Income:	Slager Radio - Emmis International, radio consultant, $19,832

     

  • Bloomquist, Michael D

    House Energy and Commerce Committee

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Reed Smith LLP

     

• • Blumenfield, Robert J

    Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)

    2008 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	Children's Pressline, board member; Neighborhood Trust for Public Schools, board member and vice chair; Valley Leadership Institute, board member

    2007 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	Children's Pressline, board member; League of Conservation Voters, Los Angeles, board member; Anti-Defamation League, board member, executive & regional; Valley Advisory Board of Anti-Defamation League, chair, board member

     

  • Bock, Paul S

    Sen. Herbert Kohl (D-WI)

    2008 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	Center for Inspired Teaching, board member
    Gifts:	Sen. Herb Kohl, $7,500 gift to son, $7,500 gift to daughter

    2007 Report Notes:
    Gifts:	Sen. Herb Kohl, gift to son, $7,500; Sen. Herb Kohl, gift to daughter, $7,500

     

  • Boeckel, Martha A

    Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Self-employed practicing attorney
    Campaign Work:	Friends of Kent Conrad, unspecified amount over $5,000
    Positions Held:	Charles Hall Youth Services, foundation board member; Friends for Preservation of Former Governor's Mansion, board member

     

  • Boerio, Bibiana

    Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA)

    2008 Report Notes:
    Prior Employment:	Ford Motor Co., $330,101 in 2007, foreign service reimbursement, $265,630 in 2007, $10,458 in 2008
    Positions Held:	Jaguar Cars Ltd., managing director; Vista Maria School for Girls, board member; University of Pittsburgh, board of trustees; Seton Hall University, board of trustees; Coventry Business Group for National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, chairman of the board of trustees

     

  • Bohigian, Thomas J

    Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

    2008 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	KVPR-FM Valley Public Radio, advisory board

    2007 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	Tree Fresno, advisory board; KVPR-FM Valley Public Radio, advisory board

     

  • Boling, David

    Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)

    2008 Report Notes:
    Prior Employment:	Mitchell Williams Selig Gates and Woodyard PLLC, $38,000

     

  • Bonlender, Brian N

    Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Nature Conservancy

    2008 Report Notes:
    Gifts:	Washington State Society Annual Potluck Dinner, two airline tickets won during drawing at this non-profit charity dinner, $1,740

     

  • Bookout, Randall D

    Senate Intelligence Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Operation Homefront

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Consumer Specialty Products Association

     

  • Borden, Michael

    House Financial Services Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Earned Income:	By Debbie Inc., $30,000

     

  • Bott, Wynn J

    House Agriculture Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Earned Income:	Income tax preparation, $625

     

  • Botts, Aleta

    House Agriculture Committee

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Southern States Cooperative

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Southern States Cooperative

     

  • Boushey, Heather

    Joint Economic Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Public Citizen
    Earned Income:	Center for Economic and Policy Research, $67,700; American Prospect, $2,500; St. Mary's College, $1,000; Inclusion, $2,700; Center for Women and Work, Rutgers University, $3,500
    Agreements:	Agreement to co-edit a research volume for Cornell University Press on low-wage work in the United States, unpaid

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Public Citizen
    Prior Employment:	Center for Economic and Policy Research, $139,000

     

  • Bowen, David C

    Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	National Health Policy Forum, steering committee member; Realizing Rights - The Ethical Globalization Initiative, member of Health Worker Migration Advisory Council

     

  • Bowie, Maria R M

    Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Gladstone Management

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Gladstone Management

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Gladstone Management

     

  • Bowman, John R

    Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA)

    2008 Report Notes:
    Prior Employment:	American Association of Justice, $77,250

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	American Association for Justice, salary, $86,900 in 2007, $98,500 in 2006
    Positions Held:	American Association of Justice, associate director

     

  • Bowser, David G

    Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	President, Increase Strategies Inc.

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	National Transportation Safety Board
    Earned Income:	Increase Strategies Inc., $2,225
    Positions Held:	Increase Strategies Inc., president

    2006 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
    Campaign Work:	Phil Gingrey for Congress; Rob Simmons for Congress; Mike Conaway for Congress; Friends of Mike Ferguson; John Campbell for Congress; Friends of Joe Pitts; Mario Diaz-Balart for Congress
    Prior Employment:	Keelen Communications, $66,000; Increase Strategies, Inc., $50,000
    Positions Held:	President, Increase Strategies, Inc.

     

  • Boyd, April S

    Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Holland and Knight LLP

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Holland and Knight LLP

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Holland & Knight

     

  • Boykin, Richard

    Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)

    2006 Report Notes:
    Gifts:	Vicky Palivos, Chicago, IL, wedding gift, $500; Peter Dravilas, Addison, IL, wedding gift, $1000; Bernie Robinson, Washington, DC, wedding gift, china, $500

     

  • Boyles, Bret Kevin

    Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)

    2007 Report Notes:
    Earned Income:	Principle Strategies Group, consulting, president, $150,000
    Agreements:	Pursuant to a contractual obligation between Principle Strategies Group and U. of Southern MS Foundation, PSG sought to end all contractual obligations effective August 2005. Unable to do so by December 2005, talks moved into 2006 and were completed in February 2006. This arrangement was noted on previous disclosure forms and should be again noted as bona fide compensation for services entered prior to Senate employment. This arrangement was made in conjunction with Senate Rule 37. PSG has now been fully compensated and this matter should be considered closed.

     

  • Bradley, Neil L

    House Minority Employees

    2009 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	The NSSV Corp., director, (trustee for a charitable trust)

    2008 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	N.S.S.U. Corp., director