The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history.From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it’s a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. But far from the spotlight is a woman who helped make all that happen: Louisa Terrell. As the director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, Terrell, 53, leads a team that is the president’s collective eyes and ears in Congress. “Making sure we’re responding, making sure we’re being proactive, figuring out what’s happening here in this building,” Terrell told , explaining her job while standing in front of the Capitol, where she spends a considerable amount of time even though she works for the White House. She describes her role as a conductor for moving Biden’s agenda through Congress. “Making sure we’re responding, making sure we’re being proactive, figuring out what’s happening here in this building,” Terrell said. “Who are the committees? Who are the caucuses? Who are the up-and-comers? What’s the floor action? What’s running quickly? What’s slowing down? And you need all these sort of tentacles out there, and then bringing that back every day.” But unlike an actual conductor who is front and center of an orchestra, Terrell operates very much behind the scenes. In fact, when we sat down for our conversation in the White House Executive Office Building, she said it was her first television interview – ever. Terrell’s longest relationship in the White House is with the president himself. Though their professional relationship started when she came to Washington over 20 years ago as a staffer for then-Sen. Biden on the Judiciary Committee, she went on to serve as Biden’s deputy chief of staff and later worked in the Obama administration’s Office of Legal Affairs – the very team she now leads. A lifelong Biden connection Even with her expansive resume, however, Terrell readily admits that today’s Washington Today’ I think women today It condiţiile de utilizare este un documento pentru a facilita unui revizionistie a unui administrar antreprenorial. Articolul este scris si afisaj a lui Administratiei. Articolul este foarte simplu de a integrita a grupului de lideri din jurul politic
The woman who has been steering Joe Biden’s bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill is a former Democratic congresswoman who has been a key figure in the Senate for more than a decade.
