NPR
BY SCOTT DETROW
May 12, 2021
With a 50-50 Senate and a paper-thin Democratic majority in the House, Louisa Terrell would have a tough job no matter what.
But the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has created a lot of unique challenges for the director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs.
"You're not able to do the pull-asides you can do in an Easter egg roll [event], when people are there with their families — a great way to connect," Terrell told NPR. "Members are not roaming the halls all the time."
So Terrell has appreciated President Biden's occasional meetings in the Oval Office with groups of lawmakers, even if they mean a lot of preparation for her team.
"It gives me small little flashbacks to planning my wedding," Terrell admitted.
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