GOP Delays Vote on VRA

June 22, 2006, 12 a.m.

Protests from a broad cross-section of Republican lawmakers who assert they were shut out of negotiations on the Voting Rights Act prompted House leaders to scrub a vote on the measure Wednesday, throwing reauthorization of the landmark 1965 law into an uncertain future despite initial expectations of an easy renewal.

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