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The Newcomers: Becoming a Chief

By Casey Hynes
Roll Call Staff
Jan. 29, 2009, Midnight

As newly installed Ohio Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy’s (D) chief of staff, Randy Borntrager expects to be working on “pretty much a combination of everything.” That might include jobs such as overseeing the staff budget or working with the press team, he figures. Though this is his first job on the Hill, Borntrager has a wide array of political and nonprofit experience to back him up.

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The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

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