This columnist spends a considerable time on Capitol Hill meeting with legislative staff from both sides of the aisle.

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After he was elected to the U.S. Senate, she joined his Senate staff as Legislative Counsel and later was promoted to Legislative Director.

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Nor does he have a pattern of poor relations with his former colleagues in Congress as did Carter or Clinton, given the smooth style of Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and legislative liaison Phil Schiliro.

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