HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Settle Down, Sen. Specter

By Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton
Roll Call Staff

Oct. 27, 2009, 12:09 p.m.

As if the Pennsylvania Senate race wasn’t interesting enough as it is, things looked like they might get even more complicated when a press release went out today announcing that “State Senator Pat Doyle (D-PA)” was gunning for a Senate seat. And on Monday, a press release contended that one “Congressman Bob Sanders” was throwing his hat into the Senatorial-race ring.

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