K Street Files: Wyden on Hot Streak?
Roll Call Staff
Online gambling advocates are cheering an amendment to Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) health care bill. Put forward by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the amendment would increase low-income health care subsidies by taxing Internet gaming. Wydens amendment would increase the subsidies to 400 percent of the federal poverty level and lower cost-sharing.
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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, Its as useless as tits on a bull. But as that panels 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










