Members’ Birthdays by Month

Sept. 1

Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.), 65
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), 62

Sept. 2

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), 58
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.), 57

Sept. 3

Rep. John Olver (D-Mass.), 73

Sept. 4

Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.), 67
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), 45

Sept. 5

Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), 73

Sept. 6

Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), 78
Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.), 68
Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), 62
Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.), 43

Sept. 7

Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), 85

Sept. 8

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), 68
Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), 59

Sept. 9

Rep. Howard McKeon (R-Calif.), 70
Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.), 67
Rep. Glenn Nye (D-Va.), 35
Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), 61

Sept. 10

Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), 55
Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), 75

Sept. 11

Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), 85
Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.), 51
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), 57

Sept. 12

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), 53
Rep. Ben Chandler (D-Ky.), 50
Rep. Michael McMahon (D-N.Y.), 52
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), 70

Sept. 13

Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-Tenn.), 66
Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), 47

Sept. 15

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), 60
Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), 50

Sept. 16

Rep. Dale Kildee (D-Mich.), 80
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.), 59
Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.), 50

Sept. 17

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), 76
Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.), 56

Sept. 18

Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), 76
Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.), 58

Sept. 19

Del. Donna Christensen (D-Virgin Islands), 64
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), 54

Sept. 20

Rep. Walt Minnick (D-Idaho), 67

Sept. 22

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), 57
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.), 63
Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.), 65

Sept. 25

Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.), 60
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), 48
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), 56
Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), 65

Sept. 27

Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.), 62
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), 43

Sept. 28

Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), 52

Sept. 29

Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), 54
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), 67

Sept. 30

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), 49

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