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Scott Bensing

Executive Director,
National Republican Senatorial Committee

Neil Bradley

Policy Director,
House Minority Whip

Kenyen Brown

Acting Staff Director/Chief Counsel,
House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

Bruce Cohen

Majority Staff Director/Chief Counsel,
Senate Judiciary Committee

Ed Corrigan

Executive Director,
Senate Republican Steering Committee

Brendan Daly

Communications Director,
Speaker of the House

Kolan Davis

Minority Staff Director/Chief Counsel,
Senate Finance Committee

Lula Davis

Secretary for the Majority,
Office of the Secretary for the Majority

Randy DeValk

Senior Policy Director,
Senate Majority Leader

Bruce Evans

Minority Staff Director,
Senate Appropriations Committee

Brian Gaston

Chief of Staff,
House Minority Whip

Hugh Halpern

Minority Staff Director,
House Rules Committee

Jaime Harrison


Director of Floor Operations/Counsel,
House Majority Whip

Tom Ingram

Chief of Staff,
Senate Republican Conference

Chris Kang

Director of Floor Operations,
Senate Majority Whip

Charles Kieffer


Majority Staff Director,
Senate Appropriations Committee

Pete Kirkham

Executive Director,
National Republican Congressional Committee

George Kundanis

Deputy Chief of Staff,
Speaker of the House

John Lawrence

Chief of Staff,
Speaker of the House

Terry Lierman

Chief of Staff,
House Majority Leader

Jim Manley

Senior Communications Adviser,
Senate Majority Leader

Janice Mays

Majority Staff Director/Chief Counsel,
House Ways and Means Committee

Stephanie Middleton

Minority Staff Director,
Senate Judiciary Committee

Michael Myers

Majority Staff Director/Chief Counsel,
Senate HELP Committee

Gary Myrick

Chief of Staff,
Senate Majority Leader

Rob Nabors

Clerk/Majority Staff Director,
House Appropriations Committee

Paula Nowakowski

Chief of Staff,
House Minority Leader

Alejandro Perez

Flor Director,
House Majority Leader

J.B. Poersch

Executive Director,
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Manny Rossman

Chief of Staff,
Senate Minority Whip

David Schiappa

Secretary for the Minority,
Office of the Secretary for the Minority

Jeff Shockey

Minority Staff Director,
House Appropriations Committee

Joe Shoemaker

Communications Director,
Senate Majority Whip

Kyle Simmons

Chief of Staff,
Senate Minority Leader

Kevin Smith

Communications Director,
House Minority Leader

Sharon Soderstrom

Deputy Chief of Staff,
Senate Minority Leader

Mike Sommers

Policy Director,
House Minority Leader

Pat Souders

Chief of Staff,
Senate Majority Whip

Mike Spahn

Staff Director,
Senate Democratic Conference Secretary

Don Stewart

Communications Director,
Senate Minority Leader

Steve Stombres

Chief of Staff,
House Chief Deputy Minority Whip

Russ Sullivan

Majority Staff Director,
Senate Finance Committee

Sean Sweeney

Executive Director,
House Democratic Caucus

Jon Traub

Minority Staff Director,
House Ways and Means Committee

Dan Turton

Majority Staff Director,
House Rules Committee

Yelberton Watkins

Chief of Staff,
House Majority Whip

Seth Webb

Chief of Staff,
House Republican Conference

Ron Weich

Chief Counsel,
Senate Majority Leader

Daniel Weiss

Chief of Staff,
Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.)

Brian Wolff

Executive Director,
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Correction: Sept. 22, 2008

This list incorrectly identified Mike O’Neill as the minority staff director and chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. O’Neill left that post in November. Stephanie Middleton is the new minority staff director for the committee.

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