Trial Bar Shifts Its Weight Firmly Behind Obama

Despite the Absence of Edwards This Year, Lawyers Still Pack Plenty of Political Punch

By Anna Palmer
Roll Call Staff
Aug. 28, 2008, 12 a.m.

The trial bar might not have the ballast of fellow lawyer and former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) on the podium this convention go-round, but they are still a powerful force for Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.).



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Stier: Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill

July 1, 11:28 a.m.

Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article

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