176 A representative's choices about specialization implicate all three of these objectives. Portman and Cardin chose well when they chose retirement policy. Senator David Pryor had worked on retirement reform for several years; so too had Representative Rod Chandler of Washington. Pryor and Chandler introduced several bills that established a solid foundation on which Portman and Cardin could build their own legislative agenda. 177 But Chandler lost his seat in the House when he ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 1992, and Pryor would retire from Congress in 1997, effectively ceding leadership on retirement policy. Tax issues, including the subsidies for retirement savings