Women Pitch New Bipartisan Group

April 2, 2009, 12 a.m.

After Jackie Speier won her first election in 1980, she picked an old fight and won it with a new strategy. She had just been elected the only woman on the San Mateo (Calif.) County Board, and she was determined to follow up on an idea to establish a commission on women that had been shot down two years earlier.

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