Jack’s Invasive Week

By Mary Ann Akers
Roll Call Staff

Jan. 9, 2006, 12 a.m.

So maybe now we know why Jack Abramoff looks like he’s been camped out at an all-you-can-eat buffet for several months. A bum knee apparently had kept him from his racquetball addiction or other exercise. But with his guilty pleas out of the way on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., and Wednesday in Miami, the star of the corruption scandal had surgery

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