GOP Finesses Line of Attack

Party Shifts Focus to Obama

April 21, 2008, 12 a.m.

Barely six months ago, Senate Republican leaders held a well-choreographed press conference decrying the Democratic majority’s 2007 legislative record and inability to deliver on change. The GOP Senators also used that forum to tease what was becoming an underlying theme of their 2008 message — the candidacy of presidential contender Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).

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