Frist Folks Freak

By Mary Ann Akers
Roll Call Staff

Dec. 14, 2005, 12 a.m.

Journalists who cover Congress have always known Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s chief of staff, Eric Ueland, to be a contemplative, mild-mannered intellectual. Until Tuesday, when, during the Tennessee Republican’s off-camera dugout with reporters, Ueland appeared to blow a gasket over a question about Frist’s sale of stock in HCA Inc., his family’s hospital company.

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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