GOP Keeps Team, Promises Changes
Roll Call Staff
Despite efforts by a small band of House Republicans last week to convince their colleagues that a change in leadership was important, if not critical, to winning back a majority in 2008, the House Republican Conference overwhelmingly sided with the status quo Friday and handed landslide victories to Minority Leader-elect John Boehner (Ohio) and Minority Whip-elect Roy Blunt (Mo.).
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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, Its as useless as tits on a bull. But as that panels 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










