CBC Awaits Its Rewards

Eye Top Posts on Intel, House Admin

Jan. 6, 2003, 12 a.m.

Congressional Black Caucus members, still stinging over the fact that newly elected Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) passed over one of their own for the chairmanship of House Democrats’ fundraising arm, are tempering their complaints in the hopes that she will elevate CBC members to other plum posts this week.

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