Members’ Birthdays by Month

Nov. 1

Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.), 67
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), 56

Nov. 3

Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), 62
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), 72

Nov. 4

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), 62

Nov. 6

Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), 68

Nov. 7

Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), 46

Nov. 8

Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan.), 64

Nov. 9

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), 57

Nov. 10

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), 66
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas), 65

Nov. 11

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), 69
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.), 63
Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), 78

Nov. 12

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), 60
Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.), 76

Nov. 17

Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), 60
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), 75

Nov. 19

Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.), 67
Rep. Jo Bonner (R-Ala.), 50
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), 70
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), 62

Nov. 20

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), 92
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), 50

Nov. 21

Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), 45
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), 65
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.), 53
Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.), 39

Nov. 23

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), 54
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), 63
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), 59

Nov. 24

Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas), 58

Nov. 26

Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), 51
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), 56

Nov. 29

Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio), 58

Nov. 30

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), 54

Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel

Nov. 16, 12 a.m.

As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article