House GOP’s Coalition Outreach Invigorated by Humor, Hot Sauce

The regular emails from Hailey Borden and Jason Rogers to lobbyists and conservative activists offer a trove of legislative intelligence, but it’s the references to hot sauce and ‘Groundhog Day’ jokes that really set these House aides apart.

Borden and Rogers, who lead outside coalitions for House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), serve as a formal link between GOP leadership and the business interests and conservative organizations with a stake in the chamber’s agenda. The staffers organize meetings with lawmakers and lobbyists, as they work to round up the votes for legislation on the floor with a slim majority and ...