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Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:49 PM Nov 2020

Biden builds out White House legislative affairs team

Source: Politico

President-elect Joe Biden announced two more staff hires on Monday for his White House's Office of Legislative Affairs.

Reema Dodin and Shuwanza Goff, two Capitol Hill veterans, will join the Biden administration’s legislative affairs team as deputy directors.

Dodin currently serves as deputy chief of staff and floor director for Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate Democratic whip. She is also working for the transition on a volunteer basis leading legislative strategy and engagement for the confirmation process.

Goff has worked for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in a number of positions, most recently as floor director for the House of Representatives. She was the first Black woman to hold that position, which allowed her to set the legislative schedule and determine which bills came to the House floor.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/23/biden-white-house-legislative-affairs-439672

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