Congress’ Penchant for Delegation Can Be a Sin of Commission

By Don Wolfensberger
Roll Call Contributing Writer
May 12, 2009, 12 a.m.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told the Commonwealth Club of California in April that she favored creating a national commission to inquire into the 2008 Wall Street collapse to determine what happened and “to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”



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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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