Get Real About Budgeting Before It’s Too Late

By Rep. Jim Cooper
Special to Roll Call
Sept. 19, 2006, 12 a.m.

Budget debates on Capitol Hill will never be the same, now that we have proof that presidential budgets have failed us, not because of their spending priorities but because of bad accounting. The Bush administration keeps two sets of books but shows Congress only one of them.



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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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