Schumer Gambit Halts Lobbying Reform Bill

By Tory Newmyer
Roll Call Staff

March 9, 2006, 12 a.m.

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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Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article