K Street Files: Labor Pains

By Matthew Murray, Anna Palmer and Kate Ackley
Roll Call Staff
Sept. 14, 2009, 12 a.m.

President Barack Obama rattled organized labor last week during his speech to a joint session of Congress. In making his case for overhauling the nation’s health care system, Obama proposed charging “insurance companies a fee for their most expensive policies, which will encourage them to provide greater value for the money.”



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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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