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Caught Our Eye

• Sen. Eric Schmitt picks up his first registered lobbyist

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 15, 2023
  Freshman Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) has finally added an ex-lobbyist to his staff. read more

• Sen. Wicker LA heads to health-care lobbying team

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 18, 2022
  A GOP Senate staffer has moved to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association's lobbying team after eight years on the Hill. read more

• Senate Commerce counsel moves to Airbnb

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 17, 2022
  A Senate Commerce attorney has found a new home with Airbnb. read more

• Coinbase adds Senate staffer amid crypto overhaul

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 7, 2022
  Cryptocurrency-exchange platform Coinbase has picked up Sen. Gary Peters' (D-Mich.) top economic staffer, just as the Senate's proposed regulatory overhaul grips the cryptocurrency industry. read more

• Senate Commerce alum lands at spaceflight group

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 15, 2022
  A former Senate Commerce Committee staffer has jetted off to the private-spaceflight industry. read more

• Freshman senator picks up EPA senior adviser

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 26, 2021
  After a stint with the Environmental Protection Agency, a GOP aide is back to the Senate. read more

• Venable lobbyist rejoins Senate Commerce Dems

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 10, 2019
  A lobbyist has returned to the Senate Commerce Committee Democrats. read more

• Fischer LA now a lobbyist for Verizon

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Dec. 3, 2015
  Perhaps following the motto of "never settle," a former legislative assistant for Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) has left Congress to take a new position as a lobbyist for Verizon. read more

• Lyft makes another stop on the Hill for House Rules Committee staffer

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on July 24, 2015
  Lyft Inc. has made another pick-up on Capitol Hill in its challenge to competing ride-sharing service Uber and confrontation with traditional taxi companies. read more

• Amtrak government affairs director joins Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation

  Posted by John Sugden on June 18, 2014
  A former senior Senate staffer and Amtrak government affairs official has taken the fast track back to Capitol Hill.Amtrak's senior director for government affairs, Matthew Kelly, recently joined Sen. Jay Rockefeller's (D-W.Va.) staff on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee as a professional staff member. read more

• Sen. Booker brings on board aide with K St. experience

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Feb. 14, 2014
  Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has brought on a former lobbying aide as a new legislative staffer. read more

• Fischer hires a former lobbyist

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Sept. 17, 2013
  Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) has snagged a former lobbyist as a legislative correspondent in her Washington office. read more

• Posted by Steve Olson on April 25, 2013
  Senate Commerce committee former GOP staff director Richard Russell has taken on his first lobbying clients: companies running the gamut across his former committee's jurisdictions. read more

• Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 19, 2012
  Fresh evidence of the revolving door swinging has emerged from the lobbying reports released mid-week, with a handful of first-time lobbyists pulled from Congress. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on April 26, 2012
  Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)'s staff director on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee left a lucrative position at the technology consulting firm he founded when he joined the committee in November. read more

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