A Hard Sell for a Trade Deal
Roll Call Staff
Cartagena, Colombia — Less than 24 hours before President Bush announced that he would send Congress a politically charged free-trade agreement with Colombia, nine U.S. House Members gathered in this Caribbean port city to hear a pitch for the pact directly from the country’s leader, Álvaro Uribe.
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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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