Fight Over Nominee Heats Up
Roll Call Staff
Administration officials kept up a campaign Wednesday to reassure Senate conservatives that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers would not disappoint them, as centrists from both parties tentatively embraced her and, for now at least, swore off the use of a filibuster to derail the nomination.
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Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel
Nov. 16, 12 a.m.
As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, Its as useless as tits on a bull. But as that panels 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










