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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