HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Menendez’s New Recruit?

By Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton
Roll Call Staff

Nov. 3, 2009, 11:58 a.m.

As if New Jersey gubernatorial politics wasn’t already precarious enough, Sen. Bob Menendez has injected just a little more chaos into the scene. The Garden State Democrat on Monday night tried to recruit a new candidate: “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart (who did, in fact, grow up in New Jersey).

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