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Schumer Gambit Halts Lobbying Reform Bill

By Tory Newmyer
Roll Call Staff
March 9, 2006, Midnight

Prospects for swift debate and passage of a lobbying reform measure in the Senate were thrown into the lurch Wednesday afternoon when Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) made a gambit to block the Dubai ports deal with an amendment to the bill.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

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