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House aide sails away from Payne family

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 27, 2017

Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.) watched his senior legislative assistant aide set sail to K Street this month.

Thomas Saunders had worked for Payne since 2012 after spending two years with Payne's father, former Rep. Don Payne Sr. (D-N.J.). He's now the director of government affairs at Ports America, the country's largest terminal operator and stevedore (that's a ship-cargo loader/unloader, to you landlubbers).

The New Jersey company, which last disclosed federal lobbying in 2009, resumed its advocacy work in November, this time turning to Holland & Knight to lobby on issues related to the 1984 Shipping Act.