Amanda Lincoln

How Amanda Helps Clients

Amanda leverages her extensive experience in legislative strategy and policy development to advocate for her clients and deliver results. With more than a dozen years of distinguished experience working in high-ranking positions on Capitol Hill, Amanda has dedicated her career to navigating the complexities of government to achieve bipartisan solutions. A signature of Amanda’s career is her ability to build bipartisan coalitions. She was instrumental in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, serving as Senator Bill Cassidy’s (R-LA) lead negotiator and managing his role in the Group of 10’s work to build consensus, draft, develop, and enact the bipartisan Senate deal and subsequent law. As a senior staffer to Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Enzi (R-WY), and Cassidy, she shepherded more than 100 laws through the legislative process in both authorizing and appropriations vehicles. Amanda specializes in health policy but has strategized and advised on all matters before the U.S. Senate.

Before joining Buchanan, Amanda served as the Staff Director for the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and chief advisor to Chair Bill Cassidy. Former Chairs have noted that the HELP Committee’s wide-ranging responsibilities span 30 percent of the Senate’s legislative jurisdiction. In this role, Amanda managed the Committee agenda as well as all policy development and legislative, media, and coalitions strategy for Senator Cassidy. The committee oversees the Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, and Labor, as well as the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. She led the HELP committee in overseeing federal laws and programs related to those key areas, including public health, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), commercial health insurance, labor standards, higher education, biomedical research and development, private pension plans, and more.

Amanda also previously served as Staff Director of HELP’s Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging for Chair Mike Enzi. She also served as Senator Enzi’s Legislative Director, managing his position on all issues before the Senate, including his work on the influential Senate Finance Committee, with jurisdiction over tax policy, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Amanda also served as Health Policy Director to Senator Susan Collins, where she oversaw the Senator’s authorizing work as well as her portfolio on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. Amanda began her tenure in the Senate as a Professional Staff Member on the Special Committee on Aging for Chair Collins.

In the House, Amanda served as Professional Policy Staff for the Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus in Congress with more than 150 members. In this role, she advised House Republicans on health care and agriculture policy. She also worked on health policy for members of the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees.

Her leadership, strategic insight, and initiative was pivotal in negotiating numerous consequential bipartisan bills, including significant funding increases for critical health programs and key legislative packages that shaped national health policy. She also led high profile and significant bipartisan regulatory campaigns to improve Medicare coverage and reimbursement. Additionally, she played a key role in the nomination and confirmation process of several cabinet secretaries and federal agency administrators over the years, including most recently the Secretaries of the Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, and Labor.

Amanda’s tenure in government has earned her the respect of elected members of Congress, congressional staff, executive branch leaders, and industry representatives around the country. She began her career in Washington, D.C. working in federal government affairs for a Fortune 10 company.

What Clients Can Expect

With Amanda’s depth of experience in legislative dynamics and Washington’s policy-making trenches, she is skilled at helping clients navigate complex issues in an ever-evolving political environment. Always cognizant of the legislative landscape, she is a collaborative partner who builds bipartisan relationships, engages with a wide range of stakeholders, and uses her first-hand knowledge of how decisions are made in Washington to effectively advise and advocate on her client’s behalf. Overall, clients can anticipate a strategic and responsive partnership.

Outside the Office

Amanda is an amateur baker and makes thousands of Christmas cookies each year. She lives in Virginia with her husband and two daughters. She is active in her local church, several charities, and her children’s school.