Obama Uses McCaskill Win as Mo. Road Map

Aug. 26, 2008, 12 a.m.

Hours before warming up the Pepsi Center crowd for Michelle Obama on Monday night, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) first tossed some political red meat to her home-state audience, telling the Show-Me State delegation at breakfast that she “doesn’t ever remember Missouri Democrats being this united.”

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