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.

• • McSweeny, Terrell P

    Senate Foreign Relations Committee

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Earned Income:	O'Melveny & Myers LLP

     

  • Meehan, Michael P

    Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

    2006 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Campaign Work:	Cantwell for Senate 2006, consultant for re-election campaign

     

  • Megginson, Elizabeth R

    House Resources Committee

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Hunton & Williams

     

  • Messina, James A

    Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Earned Income:	Mack Crounse Political Consulting, $3,000
    Campaign Work:	Friends of Max Baucus, $20650

     

  • Metwalli, April B

    Rep. Chris Carney (D-PA)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Campaign Work:	Carney for Congress 2006, $20,500
    Positions Held:	Oklahoma Court Appointed Advocates for Vulnerable Adults Association, director; Metco International Inc., director

     

  • Miller, Judy A

    Senate Finance Committee

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Positions Held:	Employment agreement with ASPPA to become chief of actuarial issues/director of retirement policy including a salary between $100,001 and $1,000,000, effective Dec. 3, 2007

     

  • Miller, Thomas P

    Joint Economic Committee

    2006 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Edison Electric Institute

     

  • Mincberg, Elliot Mathew

    House Judiciary Committee

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Prior Employment:	People for the American Way Foundation, legal work, $2928.39 in 2007, $118.283.30 in 2006
    Positions Held:	Washington Council of Lawyers, board of directors; Internet Education Foundation, board of directors

     

  • Mitchell, John H

    Senate Special Committee on Aging

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Positions Held:	Project on Government Oversight, board of directors, 1991 - March 2007; Public Education Center, board of directors, 1997 - March 2007; Resigned from both positions per Senate Ethics Committee request letter

     

  • Mitchell, Lura T

    Senate Resolution and Reorganization Reserve

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, partner draw

     

  • Mitchell, Peter J

    Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Campaign Work:	Bill Nelson for Senate, salary, $23,000

     

  • Mogilnicki, Eric J

    Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Zuckerman Spaeder
    Earned Income:	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, $56,000; Sterling Lord, $5,000

     

  • Molstre, Kimberly D

    House Minority Employees

    2006 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; Democratic Leader Harry Reid
    Prior Employment:	Americans United to Protect Social Security, $64,375 in 2005; Hildebrand Tewes Inc., $10,000 in 2006 (prior to current job), $10,000 in 2005; Americans United, $59,285 in 2006 (prior to current job)
    Positions Held:	Deputy press secretary, Gephardt for President; Deputy communications director, Kerry-Edwards 2004; Deputy campaign manager, Americans United to Protect Social Security; Deputy executive director, Americans United; Consultant, Hildebrand Tewes Inc.

     

  • Moomau, Pamela H

    Joint Committee on Taxation

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Positions Held:	National Tax Association, director

     

  • Morrell, Jim

    House Republican Conference, Training and Program Development

    2006 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Morrell Consulting
    Prior Employment:	QGA Acquisition LLC, $69,993.70 in 2007, $92,782 in 2006

     

  • Morris, Janice L

    Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA)

    2006 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Prior Employment:	The McGinn Group, crisis communications firm, Aug. 9 - Dec. 31, 2005, $39,869.17

     

  • Mulhauser, Scott H

    Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Prior Employment:	Ballard, Spahr, Andrews and Ingersoll, $11,453.95 in 2007, $107,902 in 2006

     

  • Murase, Ichiro Mike

    Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)

    2006 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Overland, Borenstein, Scheper and Kim, spouse salary, $62,834.87

     

  • Murphy, Carol

    House Appropriations Committee

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Cornerstone Government Affairs

     

  • Murphy, Sheila H

    Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Positions Held:	Bridges to Peace, non-profit, board member, 1984-present

     

• • Murray, Donna Pagano

    Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Self-employed attorney

     

  • Myers, Mindy E

    Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Campaign Work:	Whitehouse for Senate, $96,000

     

  • Nabors, Robert L II

    House Appropriations Committee

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Stuart Hurwitz PC

     

  • Nagle, Thomas W

    Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Hessel & Aluise

     

  • Napoliello, David A

    House Appropriations Committee

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Positions Held:	Proprietor, Peregrine Entertainment (comic book publishing company)

     

  • Navin, Jeffrey M

    Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	21st Century Democrats, $120,000
    Positions Held:	Center for Progressive Leadership, director

     

  • Nelson, Ryan P

    Sen. John Thune (R-SD)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Earned Income:	P&R Nelson, Inc., wages, $3,000
    Campaign Work:	Friends of John Thune, salary, $31,250

     

  • Nicholson, Kristin E

    Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Foley & Lardner LLP

     

  • Nick, Brian C

    Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Campaign Work:	National Republican Senatorial Committee, communications director, $120,000
    Prior Employment:	Fetzer Stephens, VP, public relations firm, $40,000

     

  • Noble, Sean D

    Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Earned Income:	Arizona Republican Party, consulting while on leave without pay from House, $30,000

     

  • Norem, Christopher D

    Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Prior Employment:	Stearns Consulting, freelance political consulting prior to House employment, $2,700; Jones & Stokes, job prior to working for Congress, $21,052

     

  • Obermann, Richard M

    House Science Committee

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Positions Held:	Director on Board, American Astronautical Society

     

  • O'Brien, Andrew

    Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Campaign Work:	John Kerry for Senate, $155,000
    Prior Employment:	University of Massachusetts, deputy chancellor, $175,000

     

  • O'Conner, William E Jr

    House Agriculture Committee

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	National Association for Biomedical Research

     

  • Odintz, Joshua D

    Senate Finance Committee

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Prior Employment:	McDermott, Will and Emery, $42,500 in 2007, $310,000 in 2006

     

  • O'Donnell, Thomas A

    House Appropriations Committee

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Positions Held:	Radian Inc., consultant; Oak Ridge Technology Connection, consultant; Hawker Beech Corp., consultant; Clean Earth Technologies, consultant; UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, consultant
    Compensation >$5,000:	McLane Advanced Technology, Temple, TX, lobbying; EPIR Technologies, Bolingbrook, IL, lobbying; Portal Dynamics, Alexandria, VA, lobbying; Thales North America, Alexandria, VA, lobbying; Air Comm Corp., Boulder, CO, lobbying; Radian Inc., Alexandria, VA, lobbying; Oak Ridge Technology Connection, Oak Ridge, TN, lobbying

     

  • Ofori, Nuku

    Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Berry, Appleman & Leiden LLP

     

  • O'Keefe, James P

    2006 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Positions Held:	O'Keefe Foundation, non-profit board member, July 1998 - present; O'Keefe Educational Media, non-profit board member, Nov. 2006 - present

     

  • Oliver, James Alan

    House Cloakroom Personnel - Minority

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Sterling Lord Literistic Inc., fee, $10,000

     

  • Olson, Roger Alan

    House Financial Services Committee

    2007 Reports Available

    Notes:
    Spouse employment:	Mathis & Mathis PLC