Coburn Comes Calling

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
April 7, 2008, 12 a.m.

Long-simmering tensions between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) could boil over on the floor as early as this week, with Reid planning to bring a stalled public lands bill to the floor — despite accusations from Coburn and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that doing so would break an agreement between Coburn and Reid.



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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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