Phil Schiliro Takes on Key Congressional Liason Role in Obama Administration

By Garance Franke-Ruta Phil Schiliro will be Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, the Obama-Biden presidential transition office announced nowadays. The transition office additionally specified the precise role a previously announced aide will have: Valerie Jarrett “will serve as Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison,” the office said. An Obama transition official described Jarrett’s job as having “the ear of the president” and acting as “a go-between with state and local

elected officials and public interest groups.” Schiliro has been working as the transition team’s director of congressional relations and was previously a senior advisor to Obama’s presidential campaign, where he additionally worked on congressional relations. In Schiliro, Obama gets an experienced aide whose Washington career — and connections — stretch back decades. Before joining the Obama team, Schiliro was chief of staff to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and the House Oversight

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