When the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act cleared Congress in March, Republican House staffer James Hall breathed a sigh of relief.

As legislative director for JOBS Act author Representative Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.), Hall played a key role in working out a bipartisan version of the job creation legislation that President Barack Obama signed into law on April 5. The measure is “vital to getting…emerging growth companies the break they need to grow,” Fincher said in a news release in March.