Ethics Bill Will Return to Floor
Leaders Scrap Conference
Roll Call Staff
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have decided to abandon the normal conference committee process for long-stalled ethics legislation and will employ a little-used parliamentary tactic to push the legislation through Congress, Democratic and Republican aides close to the issue said Wednesday.
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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, Its as useless as tits on a bull. But as that panels 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










