Democrats Eager to Force Repeated SCHIP Votes

By Steven T. Dennis and Emily Pierce
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 16, 2007, 12 a.m.

Convinced children’s health care will be a political sword of Damocles against vulnerable Republicans, Democrats plan to keep the issue hanging over the GOP’s head between now and the 2008 elections — assuming the House votes as expected to sustain the president’s State Children’s Health Insurance Program veto on Thursday.



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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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