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LegiStorm is constantly adding new information on the people, places and reports in our database. In the past week, LegiStorm added:

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Caught Our Eye

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Caught Our Eye items are posted daily. LegiStorm Pro subscribers have access to all posts a few hours before other users, and are also able to search the full Caught Our Eye archive. Log in as a LegiStorm Pro user or learn more about subscribing.

K&L Gates lobbyist heads to Rep. Josh Gottheimer

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 11, 2021

A K&L Gates lobbyist has made his first move to the Hill.

Eli Schooley started this month as legislative counsel to Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.). Schooley spent the last four years as an associate and lobbyist in K&L Gates' public-policy and law practice group, where he focused on tax, budget, defense and trade issues.

Subjects: Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ); K&L Gates LLP; Eli M. Schooley

Amazon picks up ex-Senate staffer

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 8, 2021

Amazon has added a former Senate staffer to its massive public-policy team.

Allison Solley is now a public-policy program manager for the tech behemoth, which has invested more than $18 million on federal lobbying in the last year.

Solley spent six years with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), most recently as deputy chief of staff. She's also worked for the House Education and Labor Committee and for now-retired Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.).

Subjects: Former Rep. John Kline (R-MN); House Education and the Workforce Committee; Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA); Amazon.com Inc.; Allison C. Solley

Republicans begin a return to normal town halls; Democrats delay

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 7, 2021

Congressional Republicans have been far faster than Democrats to return to in-person town halls, with two-thirds of GOP events now held face to face.

Republicans have held at least 73 towns halls since May, according to LegiStorm data. Of those, 49 (67 percent) took place in person.

Democrats are holding more town halls overall but remain far more likely to hold them by Facebook, Zoom or telephone. Out of Democrats' 108 town halls in the same time period, only 12 of them (11 percent) were in person.

For both parties, virtual events had comprised an overwhelming majority of town halls since the start of the pandemic.

Democratic LD moves to California-focused firm

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 2, 2021

A legislative director has traded his experience with the California delegation for a Golden State-focused lobbying firm.

Ben Goldeen joined Townsend Public Affairs this week as senior associate. The firm lobbies at the state and federal level, with California cities and municipalities making up the bulk of its federal clients.

Goldeen spent seven years on the Hill, most recently as Rep. Jim Costa's (D-Calif.) legislative director. He's also worked for then-Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.).

Subjects: Former Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA); Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA); Townsend Public Affairs Inc.; Benjamin J. Goldeen (Ben)

GOP representative picks up DOE adviser

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 1, 2021

A Department of Energy adviser has returned to the Hill for his first day with Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas).

Michael Helmer started today as a legislative assistant handling energy, environment and agriculture issues for Weber, who is ranking member of the House Science Committee's Energy Subcommittee.

Helmer most recently worked as a DOE legislative-affairs adviser. Before moving to the agency in 2019, he worked for then-Rep. Leonard Lance (R-N.J.).

Subjects: Former Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ); House Science, Space and Technology Committee Energy Subcommittee; Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX); U.S. Department of Energy; Michael Edward Helmer Jr.

About Caught Our Eye

We spend a large part of our days looking at data. Documents often come in by the dozens and hundreds. And while most are boring - how interesting can staring at a phone directory or salary records be, for example? - we find daily reasons for interest, amusement or even concern packed in the documents. So we are launching a new running feature that we call "Caught our Eye."

Longer than tweets but shorter than most blog posts, Caught our Eye items will bring back the interest in reviewing documents and researching people. Some items might bring hard, breaking news. Others will raise eyebrows and lead some into further inquiry. Others might be good for a joke or two around the water cooler. All will enlighten about the people or workings of Capitol Hill.

Caught our Eye items will be published each morning for LegiStorm Pro subscribers. Non-Pro site users will be able to receive the news items a few hours later. In addition to having immediate access to the news, LegiStorm Pro users will have a handy way to search and browse all past items.

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