Margie Almanza
Margie Almanza is the Labor Policy Director for the Senate HELP Committee under the direction of Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA). With nearly 20 years of federal service, Margie is an experienced policy staffer who understands how to employ a multi-pronged strategy that results in the execution of successful policy outcomes.
In her role with the HELP Committee, Margie manages the labor policy agenda, including the successful Senate passage of the congressional resolution of disapproval regarding the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer rule. Over the past two years, she led a policy team that held the “most pro union” administration accountable for its hostility towards American businesses while also countering proposals from the Committee chair, such as the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act.
Margie worked for twelve years in the House for members on the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees. She has spent the last three years in the Senate, having most recently worked for Senator Tim Scott at the Senate Special Committee on Aging where she negotiated the inclusion of the Stop Senior Scams Act into the Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus.
Prior to working in the Senate, Margie served at the U.S. Department of Labor in the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs during the first Trump administration. Margie’s experience provides her with a keen insight into the inner workings of the executive branch’s bureaucracy and allows her to identify the best practices and the potential pitfalls that congressional staffers should consider in submitting inquiries to the agencies.
Margie was born and raised in the Chicago suburb of Joliet, Illinois- the home of the infamous Joliet Prison from the Blues Brothers movie and the Prison Break television show. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of St. Francis and a Master’s degree from The George Washington University. Despite enduring the difficulties of sports, Margie remains a rabid fan of the Chicago Bears (sigh), Blackhawks, Bulls, and 2016 World Series Champion Cubs.