Lobbying of GOP Heats Up on Health Care

By David M. Drucker
Roll Call Staff
July 16, 2009, 12 a.m.

Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and President Barack Obama worked furiously Wednesday to lure Republican Senate support for a health care overhaul, eyeing a self-imposed timeline that could force them to choose between bipartisanship and going it alone.



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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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