Appropriations Encounters Turbulent Start

By Steven T. Dennis
Roll Call Staff
June 9, 2008, 12 a.m.

With a budget passed, House appropriators will start marking up bills this week, but the normally bipartisan and chummy committee has seen strained relations and even diminished relevance in a year when few, if any, regular spending bills are expected to reach the president’s desk.



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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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