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Shaheen Chief Takes Family Legacy to Senate

Maura Keefe, chief of staff to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), owes her career to her father, but not in the way one might immediately expect. It’s true that she’s the second chief of staff in her family. From 1962 to 1967, her father, James Keefe, served as chief of staff to New Hampshire Sen. Tom McIntyre (D). But her father also helped pave the way for his daughter’s success — not through nepotism, but through legislation.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
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30 Hill Aides to Know

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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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