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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 7, 2023
Despite a felony guilty plea, right-wing trickster and conspiracy theorist Jack Burkman just had his most lucrative lobbying period since the Obama administration - if you can believe his reporting. read more
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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 17, 2023
An Obama appointee-turned-JUUL lobbyist has found his way to the Ways and Means Committee. read more
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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 10, 2022
Rep. Lou Correa's (D-Calif.) new chief of staff is no stranger to the revolving door. read more
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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 27, 2021
A former Navy secretary with deep ties to Australia's submarine-policy sphere is now representing the Australian government for work related to AUKUS, the new U.S.-U.K.-Australian security agreement that changes Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines. read more
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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 23, 2020
Rep.-elect Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), former White House doctor to Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama, has turned to a seasoned Hill veteran to lead his congressional office. read more
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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 10, 2020
Facebook has added a new face to its D.C. team. read more
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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 22, 2017
Two members of Barack Obama's White House registered as foreign agents on behalf of the government of Ontario, Canada. read more
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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 20, 2017
Big Tortilla is taking on Big Labor. read more
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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 20, 2017
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) has coaxed an ex-chief of staff to accept the title again after a 12-year break spent with the National Urban League and Obama’s Department of Transportation. read more
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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 25, 2017
After Rep. John Bryant (D-Texas) left office in 1997 after an unsuccessful bid for the Senate, he avoided the revolving door that many of his colleagues went through. read more
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Posted by J. Todd Foster on May 2, 2016
Comedian Larry Wilmore, the roaster-in-chief for President Obama's final White House Correspondents Dinner over the weekend, might have bombed inside the Hilton ballroom, but several congressional staffers on the outside took to Twitter on Sunday to praise Wilmore's performance. Many staffers thought Obama was the real comedian-in-chief on that night. read more
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Posted by Nate Hoffman on March 29, 2016
The select panel looking into accusations that Planned Parenthood was selling fetal tissue has hired a pro-life lobbyist, with both sides now having hired lobbyists on the abortion issue. read more
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Posted by Nate Hoffman on March 17, 2016
The Hill was all atwitter after President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland for the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by Judge Antonin Scalia's passing. Garland is the chief judge on the D.C. Circuit's U.S. Court of Appeals. read more
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Posted by Nate Hoffman on Jan. 6, 2016
Members of Congress and Hill staffers took to Twitter yesterday to vent after President Barack Obama announced his latest executive order concerning gun regulations. read more
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Posted by Steve Shapiro on Dec. 11, 2015
The gestation of a Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) legislative assistant's congressional career is now complete as she has left his office for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. read more
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Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 24, 2015
In the political system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: elected officials and their staffs. chung CHUNG! read more
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Posted by Jenna Ebersole on June 15, 2015
A former staffer for Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama has registered to lobby for Ford Motor Co. on trade promotion authority legislation. read more
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Posted by Jenna Ebersole on May 14, 2015
An alumnus of the Bill Clinton and Barack Obama White Houses, as well as the Senate, has filed his first lobbying registration. read more
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Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Feb. 26, 2015
Former Sen. Mark Udall's (D-Colo.) legislative director has landed an advocacy job at Pew Charitable Trusts. read more
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Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Jan. 20, 2015
Between the official announcements and guest lists, congressional staffers took to Twitter to make their final digs - and give their honest thoughts - before live-tweeting begins in earnest during tonight's State of the Union address. read more
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Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Dec. 8, 2014
As members of Congress weigh in on the debate over racial profiling by police, for at least one new Senate staffer, it's personal. read more
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Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Nov. 24, 2014
Newly elected members of Congress may still be waiting to take office, but that hasn't stopped them from beginning at least one official task - weighing in on issues with press releases read more
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Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Oct. 30, 2014
As Uber Technologies Inc. surges into cities across the globe - sometimes igniting protests from taxi drivers - the app-based ridesharing service continues to poach from Capitol Hill and other high-powered political positions. read more
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Posted by Nate Hoffman on Aug. 21, 2014
The new top aide to Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) is just what the doctor ordered: a recent pharmaceutical lobbyist. read more
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Posted by Nate Hoffman on May 28, 2014
A top national security adviser for the Obama administration is now working on the military budget from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. read more
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Posted by LegiStorm on Jan. 13, 2014
A senior aide to Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) made a visit to Cuba to learn about its single-payer health care model. read more
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Posted by Nate Hoffman on Oct. 2, 2013
Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.)'s new staff assistant Rob Placek knows a lot of obscure stuff. So much so that he won $25,000 as the youngest contestant ever on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" read more
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Posted by Garrett Snedeker on June 17, 2013
Conservative Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) is not allowing the White House a free pass on recently revealed government surveillance practices with emails to supporters such as one with the subject line, "Obama already read this email". read more
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Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Jan. 14, 2013
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has tapped a member of the Obama White House to be his chief of staff. read more
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Posted by Garrett Snedeker on April 16, 2012
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)'s former chief of staff pulled in just under the legal limit of outside income, pushing his total salary to nearly $200,000 for the year, according to his financial disclosure upon leaving the senator's office. read more
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Posted by LegiStorm on May 17, 2011
President Barack Obama books have made him a millionaire, while Vice President Joe Biden's assets are far more pedestrian. read more
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Posted by LegiStorm on May 6, 2010
Once again, the House and Senate have voted to freeze lawmakers' pay, voting down an otherwise automatic increase. The legislation, which is waiting for President Obama's signature, means members of Congress will make $174,000 in 2011, the same level congressional salaries have been at since 2009. Without the vote, an automatic cost of living increase would have taken effect on Jan. 1. The raise for 2011 was expected to be about $1,600. read more
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Posted by LegiStorm on Sept. 11, 2009
The chief of staff to Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), whose outburst during President Obama's health care address to the nation earlier this week surprised many, took a pause in his government duties over the past two years and worked as a health care lobbyist. read more
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Posted by LegiStorm on June 29, 2009
LegiStorm has added the latest U.S. Senate staff salaries onto its site, completing the 2008 year that saw the end of Senate careers by Barack Obama (D-Ill.), Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). read more
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Posted by LegiStorm on May 15, 2009
Most personal financial disclosures by members of Congress won't be released to the public until next month, but some interesting disclosures have already trickled out so far. read more
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Posted by LegiStorm on Jan. 5, 2009
The members of the 111th Congress will be officially sworn in Tuesday and LegiStorm has already updated its pages to reflect the new congressional makeup. We have added all the new freshmen senators and representatives, and have updated the status of those leaving the legislative bodies. We've also added the financial disclosures for the new members filed as candidates, giving their constituents an early look at the new legislators' financial dealings. read more
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Posted by LegiStorm on Dec. 9, 2008
Illinois governor and former Rep. Rod Blagojevich (D) was arrested Tuesday morning on corruption charges, including the accusation he essentially put up the open Senate seat formerly held by Barack Obama for the highest bidder. Even before the arrest, Blagojevich has been under fire. A Chicago Tribune poll in October put his approval rating at 13 percent, and in another poll only 4 percent of respondents said he was doing a "good" job. Those numbers may have made him the most unpopular politician in the country. The latest revelations could make the situation even worse. read more
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Posted by LegiStorm on Nov. 11, 2008
The Washington game of musical chairs has begun in earnest as current and former congressional aides angle for new positions. Last week's election has created plenty of opportunity for staffers. Former aides Daniel Maffei, Betsy Markey and Eric Paulsen were actually chosen by voters to return as members of Congress. One congressional aide has already been named to the new presidential administration. Phil Schiliro, a long-time Hill hand who was chief of staff for Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), has been selected the head of President-elect Barack Obama's legislative affairs office during the transition, and is expected to be Obama's legislative affairs director when the new administration takes office in January. Obama will likely take a large cohort of his Senate staff with him, as well. His own chief of staff, Pete Rouse, is co-chairing the transition team and is expected to serve as a deputy chief of staff in the White House. read more
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Posted by LegiStorm on Sept. 14, 2008
Over the last few days, a tempest has been brewing over an allegation made by Scripps Howard columnist Deroy Murdock that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) pays less to women than he does to men in his Senate office. All the stories have accurately cited LegiStorm as the source for the raw data. read more
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Posted by LegiStorm on Sept. 12, 2008
The Obama campaign today released vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden's tax returns for the past 10 years, and LegiStorm has them available here. The two presidential candidates, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), released their own tax returns during the primary campaign, which can be seen here and here. read more
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Posted by LegiStorm on April 18, 2008
We have added a small new feature to our site, which is the tax returns of the three main presidential candidates. While our mission has not expanded to cover the presidential race, we have their data because they are all U.S. senators. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has yet to release his tax filings, although he is expected to do so today. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) has not released her tax filing due in 2008 because she filed an extension. Instead, she released a statement with her expected income amounts from various sources. read more
