A month into the new session, a fifth of freshman representatives and half of freshman senators have already added lobbyists to their staff, according to LegiStorm data.
Five of the 117th Congress's ten new senators (three Republicans and two Democrats) have hired former registered federal lobbyists. Among 60 House freshman, at least 12 (ten Republicans and two Democrats) have hired lobbyists.
Roughly three percent of current staff across the entire House and Senate have previously registered as federal lobbyists or foreign agents. This count includes district staff.
Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), both former representatives, are the only freshman to have hired more than one lobbyist to their teams. Other freshman senators to have hired lobbyists include Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.). In the House, Reps. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.), Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), Pat Fallon (R-Texas), Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa), Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.), Kathy Manning (D-N.C.) and Frank Mrvan (D-Ind.) have hired lobbyists.
Lummis, Rosendale and Miller each employ one former lobbyist registered to Heritage Action for America, the Heritage Foundation's lobbying arm.
