Job From Hell Dept.

By Mary Ann Akers
Roll Call Staff

Nov. 2, 2006, 12 a.m.

With his “botched joke” about dumbos serving in Iraq, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) may have joined Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) in becoming a (part-Jewish) former ’08 presidential hopeful. As Republicans pummeled Kerry and Allen aides beat the daylights out of a heckling blogger, we wondered: Who had a worse day Tuesday, Kerry or Allen? And whose job sucked more: that of Allen’s press staff, or Kerry’s?

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