Novak Sorry for Flipping Out

By Mary Ann Akers
Roll Call Staff

Aug. 8, 2005, 12 a.m.

Perhaps Robert Novak stormed off the set of “Inside Politics” because CNN’s Ed Henry was about to throw the book at him, the gigantic “Who’s Who in America,” in which the famously outed CIA agent Valerie Plame’s name appears. Henry had the book sitting in front of him during Thursday’s show and, before Novak’s spectacular on-air fit, planned to ask the Prince of Darkness something like: Is this where you got Plame’s name? Or did it come from Karl Rove?

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