Reid and GOP in a Showdown

By Steven T. Dennis and John Stanton
Roll Call Staff

Feb. 6, 2008, 12 a.m.

Senate Republicans scrambled Tuesday to avoid the ire of AARP and veterans, offering to support payments to 20 million low- income seniors and 250,000 disabled vets left out of the House stimulus package, while hoping to hold the line against unemployment insurance, energy tax breaks and other goodies backed by Senate Democrats and the Finance Committee.

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