Overheard on the Hill

By Niels Lesniewski

Posted December 5, 2012 at 6:53pm

“A Kent Conrad I am not, in terms of my facility with charts.”

Sen. Charles E. Schumer while maneuvering a chart during a floor speech Wednesday. Conrad, the retiring Budget chairman, is well-known for his use of charts to explain economic conditions.

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