Alison MacDonald: Chief of staff, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Alison MacDonald is preparing to sunset a long career supporting the work of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who is retiri...
Raymond O’Mara: Policy director, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (NY)
Few Capitol Hill staffers can match Raymond O’Mara and say they’ve worked at the leadership level in the Senate and the ...
John Chapuis: Deputy staff director, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
John Chapuis has become one of the Senate’s leading experts on rules and floor procedure — a skillset that allowed him t...
McKinley Lewis: Staff director, Senate Special Committee on Aging; deputy chief of staff for strategic initiatives, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.)
McKinley Lewis is a long-serving aide and trusted adviser to Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who has become an influ...
Raphaël Schreiber: Legislative director, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)
July 15, 2025, was “the most stressful day” of Raphaël Schreiber’s career in Congress. The legislative director for Rep....
Nelly Decker: Communications director, House Judiciary Committee Democrats
Nelly Decker is a quintessential under-the-radar staffer who prizes being nearly un-Googleable. But she has no...
Kamela White: Democratic clerk, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Kamela White sees that numbers can tell a story — or be used to hide one. As a clerk for Democrats on the Sena...
Wyndee Parker: National security adviser, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
No two days are the same for Wyndee Parker. As national security adviser to House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y...
Rubi Flores: Policy director, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Rubi Flores, 30, is a concert pianist turned policy director who has landed at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) a...
The 25 notable Capitol Hill staffers for 2026
The 119th Congress has had no shortage of pitched battles, fragile negotiations and high-profile scandals. Lawmakers may...
Ken Paxton’s plight in Texas is mostly of his own making
The saying goes that victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is an orphan. That doesn’t mean, however, that there won’...
GOP leaders throw cold water on AI regulation despite apocalyptic industry warnings
GOP leaders in the Capitol and White House are throwing cold water on the notion of quickly adopting new AI safeguards, ...