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Chris Christie and Jeffrey Chiesa

Meet New Jersey’s Newest Senator

Elahe Izadi | June 17, 2013
Jeffrey Chiesa may not be in Congress for long, but he will be around during high-stakes fights over key legislation such as immigration reform.
patients wait in the emergency room

Immigrants May Help Delay a Budget Reckoning

Niraj Chokshi | May 30, 2013
Between 2002 and 2009, immigrants—citizens or not—contributed $115 billion more to Medicare than they used, according to a new study.
Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, I-64

Why You Won’t Own Your Road

Fawn Johnson | May 16, 2013
Cash-strapped states such as Virginia are turning to the private sector to help finance large infrastructure projects.
Stephane Herseth Sandlin

Herseth Sandlin Would Follow a Well-Trodden Path From Congress to K St. and Back

Alex Brown and Dan Roem | May 3, 2013
If former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin runs in South Dakota's open-seat Senate race, she'll no doubt have to fend off attacks about her time at a Washington lobbying firm. Following her 2010 reelection defeat, the Democrat joined Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC, before returning to South Dakota...
Mary Landrieu

Landrieu Primed to Lead Energy Panel – If She Wins Reelection

Amy Harder | April 28, 2013
A domino effect prompted by Max Baucus’s coming retirement leaves her poised to chair what is arguably the most important committee to energy-rich Louisiana.
Neil Fried

Neil Fried, Majority Chief Counsel, Communications and Technology Subcommittee

Brian Fung | April 17, 2013
Neil Fried came to Washington without a shred of telecom experience. Now, he’s counted as one of the top tech-policy experts in government—so much so that he was considered for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, according to industry analysts.
Michelle Ash

Michelle Ash, Minority Chief Consumer Protection Counsel

Catherine Hollander and Brian Fung | April 17, 2013
A Pittsburgh native, Michelle Ash, 45, had originally planned to go into law. But after a year at a local law firm, she decided on the world of policy instead.
Mike Bloomquist

Mike Bloomquist, Majority General Counsel

Amy Harder | April 17, 2013
Lobbying may earn more money, but Mike Bloomquist is drawn to other things Capitol Hill has to offer. And as general counsel to the Energy and Commerce Committee—which has jurisdiction over everything from health and energy policy to amusement-park safety—there’s a lot.
John Gibson Mullan

John Gibson Mullan, Chief Majority Counsel, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade

Catherine Hollander | April 17, 2013
John Gibson Mullan’s broad experience serves him well as chief counsel for Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, which has jurisdiction so far-ranging it covers everything from sports to time zones.
Roger Sherman

Roger Sherman, Minority Chief Counsel

Catherine Hollander | April 17, 2013
Roger Sherman started working for Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., as his defense and foreign-affairs staffer back in 1990—one week before the first Gulf War started.
Financial regulators

Mary Schapiro and Lanny Breuer Give Us the Ultimate Dog-Bites-Man Story

Michael Hirsh | April 3, 2013
They failed to prosecute a single Wall Streeter over the 2008 disaster. Now it's home to mama.
Rep. Mike Ross

Mike Ross Moves Closer To Launching Gubernatorial Bid in Arkansas

Jordain Carney | April 2, 2013
Former Democratic Rep. Mike Ross might be moving closer toward jumping into the Arkansas governor's race. A spokesperson for Southwest Power Pool confirmed Tuesday that Ross had resigned from his job with the organization to pursue an opportunity in public service. Ross' departure was originally re...
Sen. Tim Johnson

S.D. Democrats Turn to Two Familiar Names After Johnson's Retirement

Alex Brown | March 26, 2013
Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., confirmed Tuesday that he will not run for reelection in 2014, announcing in a press conference that he will retire at the end of his term next year. "I will be 68 years old at the end of this term, and it's time for me to say goodbye," Johnson said. "I will not be running...

Berman Joins Covington; Ambassador Returns

Mike Magner | March 18, 2013
Four new members have been appointed to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, which provides grants to projects that increase public access to historical records.
Busboys and Poets

What Undocumented Workers Really Want

Fawn Johnson | March 7, 2013
It's not always citizenship. They just want to do their jobs, cash their paychecks, and be left alone. A view of the immigration debate from the kitchen of your favorite restaurant.
Sergey Brin

Diversity and the U.S. Billionaires on Forbes's List

Jody Brannon | March 4, 2013
Forbes's annual list of the world’s richest people is out, and if you filter the 1,426 names for those in the U.S., you find interesting numbers among the 36 individuals or families represented in the U.S. top 100.
dolphin-pollution

EPA Funding Reductions Have Kneecapped Environmental Enforcement

Coral Davenport | March 3, 2013
Budget cuts have greatly diminished the EPA's ability to enforce environmental laws.

Pope Benedict XVI Resigns: A Chat With Amy Sullivan

Amy Sullivan | February 11, 2013
National Journal's Amy Sullivan, author of The Party Faithful: How and Why Democrats Are Closing the God Gap, joins Yahoo! for a conversation about the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. <a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mob...
Pope Benedict, President George W. Bush

A Look Back At Pope Benedict's Meetings With World Leaders

National Journal Staff | February 11, 2013
Robert Menendez

Bob Menendez Spent Up to 87 Percent of Wealth Paying Back Donor

Shane Goldmacher | February 5, 2013
When Robert Menendez arrived in the U.S. Senate in 2006, he was a relative pauper in a chamber often called a millionaires’ club. The New Jersey Democrat ranked 97th out of 100 senators in terms of his personal wealth, according to financial records filed that year and compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Hill staffers

Five Energy/Environment Hill Staffers to Watch

Amy Harder | February 3, 2013
Congress is unlikely to tackle any major energy and environment legislation through regular order. So if any sliver of policy does get through either or both chambers, it will be thanks to the small cadre of energy and environment aides in congressional leadership offices. Here’s who you need to know.
Scott Brown

Brown Won't Run in Mass. Senate Special

Kevin Brennan and Alex Roarty | February 1, 2013
Former Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., won't run in the special election to replace Sen. John Kerry. Brown's decision, conveyed in a statement emailed to reporters on Friday, represents a potentially crippling blow to national Republicans' hopes of flipping the seat. "I have received a lot of encouragem...
Barack Obama Re-nominates Richard Cordray

Why Richard Cordray Re-Nomination Fight Won’t Be About Richard Cordray

Catherine Hollander | January 25, 2013
President Obama’s re-nomination of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reignites the battle that raged last year over the structure of the regulatory agency created under the landmark Dodd-Frank financial-reform law.

McDaniel's Involvement in Gun Lawsuit Haunts AR GOV Campaign

Jordain Carney | January 25, 2013
With gun control back on the national agenda, Arkansas Democratic Attorney General Dustin McDaniel may have been more involved in a lawsuit against Remington Arms than he has previously disclosed, according to court documents obtained by Hotline On Call. During his 2006 election, McDaniel said he w...
A sign showing K Street. Photo taken on February 1st, 2006.

Washington Parties, K Street Pays

Chris Frates | January 21, 2013
Inauguration Day in Washington is really just one big party, college graduation, and New Year’s Eve all rolled into one. And as anyone who’s ever picked up the tab knows, an open bar ain’t cheap. 
Ken Salazar

Mass Exodus Leaves Obama Administration with Dearth of Diversity

Jill Lawrence | January 18, 2013
The Obama administration is sorely in need of binders full of Latinos.

Little Sign Of a Weiner 2013 Run in New Disclosure

Steven Shepard | January 15, 2013
Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., continues to maintain an office for his dormant campaign for New York City mayor, according to campaign-finance disclosure forms filed Tuesday. But his disclosure shows no signs of fundraising or spending to suggest that he is preparing for a political c...
Hugo Chavez

What Happens to Venezuela After Hugo Chavez?

Emily Chertoff - The Atlantic | January 10, 2013
How a possible power struggle in Caracas gets resolved may come down to a few constitutional words.
Tom Donohue

Chamber of Commerce Lawyers Up to Take on Key Democratic Reforms in 2013

Niraj Chokshi | January 10, 2013
The organization is beefing up its private law firm to gird for battle over new regulations flowing from recent Democratic legislative victories.
Alliance for American Manufacturing Headquarters

What Exactly Is—and Isn't—Made in America? One Lobby Shop Finds Out.

Erin Mershon | January 7, 2013
Want a microwave made in America? Even a thorough web search reveals just two options – one costs $550, the other starts at $600. Build it in to your cabinetry, and you’re looking at more than $1,000 to reheat those tantalizing slices of leftover pizza.
Tommy Beaudreau

Back to His Roots in Energy

Olga Belogolova | November 17, 2011
On a recent trip to Anchorage, Alaska, Tommy Beaudreau stopped by the sledding hill near his elementary school. “I remember thinking it was like Everest,” he said. Today, that hill looks like a beginner’s slope to Beaudreau.
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