Department: Political Science
Areas of expertise:
- American politics, specifically Congress
- Interest groups and lobbying
Tim LaPira, an associate professor of political science and co-author of "Revolving Door Lobbying," writes about the ‘revolving door’ between U.S. governing institutions and lobbying positions in Washington, DC. He has been quoted in and written for major publications, such as Al Jazeera and The Washington Post.
He teaches courses on congress and legislative behavior, the presidency and executive power, behavioral decision making and public policy, as well as social science research methods.
Dr. La Pira earned his doctorates in political science from Rutgers University. He has also worked as a legislative assistant to a member of Congress and as a researcher for the Center for Responsive Politics, where he was responsible for creating the Lobbying and Revolving Door databases on OpenSecrets.org.
Media contact: Eric Gorton, gortonej@jmu.edu
In the news
- Kevin McCarthy's inability to win House speaker is putting pretty much everything Congress does on hold (Grid)
- The Lobbyists Blocking Nancy Pelosi and Her New Majority (New York Times)
- Drain the swamp? DC lobbyists go wild over tax reform (Newsweek)
- How a case against Israel officials helped Saudi Arabia (Aljezeera)
- Lobbying is growing in the US (London School of Economics)
- The Egypt-US lobbying connection (Aljezeera)
- 6 senators assessing Trump's HHS nominee own health care stocks, too. (Capital Public Radio)
- 'Cures' act in congress heavily influenced by lobbyists. (NBC News)
- Legislation that would shape FDA and NIH triggers lobbying frenzy. (NPR)
- Trump's lobbying ban might actually make corruption worse. (The Washington Post)
- Donald Trump vows to 'drain the swamp' in D.C. in first 100 days (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Paulson's big long: a bet on Trump yields power and profit. (Bloomberg Markets)
