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The build back better stated that President-elect Joe Biden announced new members of his White House senior staff, including the appointment of Jordanian-American Reema Dodin as White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs.

Reema Dodin currently serves as a volunteer on the Biden-Harris Transition Team leading legislative engagement for the confirmations process.

She also serves as Deputy Chief of Staff and Floor Director to the Senate Democratic Whip, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL).

Prior to that, Dodin served as Senator Durbin’s Floor Counsel, Research Director and as an aide to his Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law.

Dodin has served as a volunteer voter-protection counsel on a number of campaigns, including the Obama for America campaign.

She is a Truman National Security Fellow, a New Leaders Council Fellow, an Aspen Socrates alum, a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Jenkins Hill Society — a consortium of women in politics supporting female politicians.

Dodin is the co-author of a primer on House and Senate Floor procedures through Brookings publications. Dodin is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.