Pork Overloads Approps Panel’s Web Site; Earmark Request Deadline Extended
March 19, 2008, 5:22 p.m.
In a sure sign that earmarks remain as popular as ever, an overload of pork requests clogged the House Appropriations Committee’s Web site Wednesday, forcing an extension to the request deadline to next week.
LOG IN
NOT A SUBSCRIBER
Forget your password? Click here or
Call 202-824-6800
Subscribe to Print and/or Online
Click Here
Hill Users have Free access,
click Here to register.
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
Roll Call Video Channels
