Karen L. Haas

Karen Lehman Haas is an American government affairs official who has served as the 34th Clerk of the United States House of Representatives from December 2005 to February 2007.

A native of Catonsville, Maryland, Karen Lehman Haas graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor's degree in political science and a minor in economics. She is a former floor assistant to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and served from 1984 to 1994 as Executive and Legislative Assistant to Bob Michel while he was the Republican Minority Leader. [ [http://hnn.us/roundup/comments/18891.html George Mason University History News Network] . "NCH Washington Update" Vol. 11, No. 46 (2 December2005). Accessed 22 May2006.] Haas worked as a lobbyist for ABC/Disney and also has experience as a government affairs director for several corporate entities. The later part of the Mark Foley scandal, involving underage House pages, unfolded during some of her tenure as Clerk. It is the Clerk's responsibility to administer the House page system.

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title=Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
before=Jeff Trandahl
years=December 2005—February 2007
after= Lorraine Miller