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Registered lobbyist returns to Congress

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Dec. 3, 2014

A former Senate staffer who registered to lobby for several years on agriculture issues will join the staff of the House Agriculture Committee in January.

Christine Heggem has served as a lobbyist for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association since 2010 after lobbying between 2008 and 2010 with mCapitol Management Inc. She left the Hill in 2008 to become vice president at mCapitol Management.

Heggem, of Montana, began her congressional career in 2000 as legislative assistant for Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.). She became professional staff member at the Senate Appropriations Committee in 2006 before leaving Congress two years later.

The NRECA has long invested in lobbying, registering this year to advocate on issues including the agriculture appropriations bill and the Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2013.