Sharing Lessons He Learned by Working for Free

By Omari A. West
Special to Roll Call

Sept. 22, 2008, 12 a.m.

Back in 1996, when I graduated from college with a freshly minted bachelor’s degree in political science from Columbia University, I came back to Washington, D.C., thinking I would take the town by storm. After all, hadn’t I just earned a degree from one of the most prestigious institutions in the country? There was no way a hometown kid with those kinds of credentials could lose, I remember thinking. Boy, did I turn out to be dead wrong.

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