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Vitter hires lobbyist and one-time staffer back to the Senate

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on April 23, 2015

A new Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee staffer and counsel to Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has returned to the Hill after three years as a lobbyist.

Luke Tomanelli served as assistant vice president at FaegreBD Consulting until this month when he started as deputy staff director at the committee. He lobbied for a range of clients, including Murray Energy Corp., Enterprises Swanco LLC and Cheniere Energy Inc.

The returning lobbyist worked for seven years in the House and Senate between 2005 and 2012, with the House Ways and Means Committee, Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health Subcommittee.

Tomanelli holds a bachelor's from Muhlenberg College and a master's in political science from Lehigh University.