Can Someone Please Tell Congress to Stop the Madness?

By Donna L. Brazile
Roll Call Contributing Writer

April 26, 2005, 12 a.m.

At the end of one of my favorite movies, “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” the doctors simply say “madness.” Just as madness was the running theme of the movie, recent public polls indicate that it aptly describes the obscene level of partisanship in American politics today.

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