Politics of the Dead

By Mary Ann Akers
Roll Call Staff

May 25, 2006, 12 a.m.

After finishing a roughly 90-minute, thumping performance Tuesday night at a fundraiser for Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and saying cheese for photos with dozens of bleary-eyed Deadheads and Leahy supporters, guitarist Bob Weir was hungry. That was around 12:30 a.m., when the manager of the Old Ebbitt Grill got a call at home saying “about 30 Grateful Dead people” are in the restaurant and they want food.

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