Health Care Debate Illustrates Deep Divide Between House, Senate
Roll Call Contributing Writer
I am often asked by foreign visitors to explain the differences between the House and Senate. My first reaction is to offer up a night and day comparison, but that would put them in the same galaxy and time zone. A more accurate analogy would be that the House and the Senate are as different as light and molasses, for they truly do operate at different speeds and in different universes. Theyre not even parallel universes because quite often theyre working at cross purposes (is there such a thing as perpendicular universes?).
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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










