Caitlin Oprysko covers lobbying for POLITICO and writes the Influence newsletter. She was previously a breaking news reporter for POLITICO, covering the 2018 midterms, 2020 election and everything (seriously) in between. She joined POLITICO Pro in 2016 as a web producer and also worked on Pro’s Legislative Compass team, covering an omnibus spending bill, the farm bill and several appropriations bills from their introduction to the president’s desk.