Reid Taps Specter on Immigration

By Erin P. Billings and John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
May 7, 2007, 12 a.m.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has turned to Judiciary ranking member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) for help in shepherding conservative Republicans into a deal with GOP moderates and Democrats on comprehensive immigration reform before electoral politics kills the issue for the next two years.



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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

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