Morning Business: Just Because the Company Vanished ...

By Paul Singer
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 8, 2009, 12 a.m.

The 2010 Defense appropriations bill approved by the Senate this week included an odd item: a $5 million earmark for a company that no longer exists. Sponsored by Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the earmark provides $5 million for Information Manufacturing Corporation of Rocket Center, W.Va., to digitize files for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.



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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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