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Rep. Barton picks up health-care lobbyist

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 31, 2018

A longtime health-care lobbyist has moved to the Hill for her first congressional gig.

Jeannine Bender is now a legislative assistant handling Rep. Joe Barton's (R-Texas) health-care, education and social security portfolios. Barton is retiring at the end of this term due to his alleged sexual misconduct.

Bender, who holds a PhD in comparative literature from Penn State, spent four years lobbying with the Medicaid Health Plans of America trade group before striking out on her own this past spring. She's held a variety of other health-care policy jobs over the years, including another lobbying job with Cephalon, since acquired by Teva Pharmaceuticals.