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.

• • Klein, Israel S

    Joint Economic Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Center for Science in the Public Interest

    2007 Report Notes:
    Campaign Work:	Markey for Congress, $4,287

     

  • Kleinbard, Edward D

    Joint Committee on Taxation

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton
    Earned Income:	Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, pension payments, $505,780
    Agreements:	Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, payments pursuant to former law firm's retirement plan. Payments are a fixed amount increased by standard COLA adjustment for salary as I am congressinoal staff; thereafter, they revert to firm's standard arrangement (fixed percentage of total firm profits)

     

  • Klippenstein, Brian

    Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO)

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	National Council of Farmer Cooperatives

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	National Council of Farmer Cooperatives

     

  • Knapp, Charles E

    Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS)

    2006 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	Tipton's Fine Jewelry Inc., secretary, non-voting and uncompensated

     

  • Knickman, Sandra E

    Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Fox Chevy

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Fox Chevy

     

  • Knight, Shahira

    House Ways and Means Committee

    2006 Report Notes:
    Positions Held:	Tax Coalition, board member

     

  • Knowles, Camila McLean

    Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Chatham Financial Corp.
    Campaign Work:	Chambliss for Senate, $4,750

     

  • Knox, Bradley L

    House Small Business Committee

    2005 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Knox Global Network

     

  • Knutson, Karen Y

    Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Home Depot

    2008 Report Notes:
    Prior Employment:	Business Software Alliance, $325,000; Electric Power Research Institute, board fees, $5,000

    2007 Report Notes:
    Prior Employment:	Business Software Alliance, $325,000; Electric Power Research Institute, board fees, $5,000

     

  • Koch, Karl R

    Rep. Jim Davis (D-FL)

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Hill, Ward and Henderson PA

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Hill, Ward and Henderson P.A.

     

  • Kochvar, Brooks T

    Senate Resolution and Reorganization Reserve

    2007 Report Notes:
    Campaign Work:	Chocala for Congress, salary while on leave without pay, $49,752

     

  • Koerner, Thomas F

    Joint Committee on Taxation

    2006 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw

     

  • Kohr, Robert Todd

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	National Governor's Association

     

  • Kolb, James P Jr

    House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Prior Employment:	Xenophon Strategy Inc., senior vice president, $12,000

    2007 Report Notes:
    Prior Employment:	Xenophon Strategies, government affairs services, $4,607 in 2007, $152,856.34 in 2006; American Road and Transportation Builders Association, government affairs services, $12,500 in 2006

     

  • Kong, Paul G

    Senate Judiciary Committee

    2009 Report Notes:
    Earned Income:	Catholic University, law school lecturer, $2,100

     

  • Konwinski, Lisa M

    Senate Budget Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	21st Century Democrats

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Strother Duffy Shelton, salary; 21st Century Democrats, salary

     

  • Kostel, Claudia A

    Senate Secretary of the Senate - Administrative Services

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Reed Smith LLP

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Reed Smith LLP

     

  • Kouters, Angela M

    Rep. Glenn Nye (D-VA)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Campaign Work:	McNerney for Congress, consulting, $20,000

    2007 Report Notes:
    Campaign Work:	Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, $37,500 in 2006; Ellen Simon for Congress, $3,000 in 2006; Sheridan Group, $33,333 in 2005

     

  • Kovar, Peter

    Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	American Strategies Inc.
    Campaign Work:	Barney Frank for Congress Committee, $25,000

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	American Strategies, Inc.
    Campaign Work:	Barney Frank for Congress Committee, $3,100

     

  • Kozeny, Jill

    Senate Finance Committee

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	The Wormald Cos.

     

• • Kramp, Kevin John

    House Agriculture Committee

    2009 Report Notes:
    Earned Income:	National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	National Rural Utilties Cooperative Finance Corp.

     

  • Krieger, William C II

    Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Progressive Space Solution Inc., $97,865; Inner Space, $30,290; Storage Systems Inc., $641
    Campaign Work:	Freedom Project, $21,315; Friends of John Boehner, $21,315

     

  • Kroll, Stephen R

    Senate Resolution and Reorganization Reserve

    2006 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Foley & Lardner LLP

     

  • Krone, David B

    Senate Consultants

    2008 Report Notes:
    Earned Income:	Comcast Corp., salary, severance and reimbursement, $2,9591,614; Comcast Corp., condo reimbursement, $1,196,887; National Cable and Telecommunications Association, deferred severance, $952,884
    Positions Held:	Caspian Partners, venture capital partnership, managing partner; Gravel Hill Partners, oil and gas partnership, managing partner; Gravel Hill Partners II, oil and gas partnership, managing partner; Gravel Hill Partners III, oil and gas partnership, managing partner; Villanova Square Associates, real estate partnership, limited partner; Harvard Apartments, real estate partnership, limited partner; Rosemont Select Opportunities IV, corporate debt partnership, limited partner; Rosemont Solebury Co-Investment Fund, investment partnership, limited partner
    Compensation >$5,000:	Comcast Corp., senior vice president for corporate affairs - 1/2/2008-10/31/2008; National Cable and Telecommunications Association, executive vice president - 7/1/2002-9/30/2007

     

  • Krupnick, Daniel E

    Rep. Dan Maffei (D-NY)

    2009 Report Notes:
    Campaign Work:	Friends of Dan Maffei, $93,000

     

  • Kuebler, Joanna T

    Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

    2008 Report Notes:
    Campaign Work:	Friends of Sherrod Brown, bonus, $10,000

    2007 Report Notes:
    Campaign Work:	Friends of Sherrod Brown, $50,545

     

  • Kumar, Rohit

    Senate Consultants

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	TCG Development Services LLC

     

  • Kunert, Ellen E

    Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)

    2006 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	USEC Inc.
    Campaign Work:	Lucille Roybal-Allard for Congress, $6,000 in 2006, $9,496 in 2005

     

  • Kunko, Nicole Leigh

    House Appropriations Committee

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	SMI Inc.
    Gifts:	Ms. Manor DC Habitat for Humanity fundraising raffle, long weekend stay at a West Virginia rental home, $750; Ms. Manor DC Habitat for Humanity fundraising raffle, week stay at a Costa Rica rental hme, $1,600

     

  • Kurth, Christine D

    Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee

    2009 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Blue Water Strategies LLC
    Gifts:	2 tickets to Kennedy Center Honors on Dec 7 from CBS, $650 each

    2008 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Lundquist, Nethercutt and Griles LLC
    Gifts:	CBS Corp., two tickets to Kennedy Center Honors, $1,300 total value

    2007 Report Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Lundquist, Nethercutt & Griles LLC

     

  • Kurtz, William B Jr

    Sen. James Jeffords (I-VT)

    2007 Report Notes:
    Campaign Work:	J4VT, $13,000