Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) says he’s open to an unusual process of confirming some of Barack Obama’s key economic appointees before Inauguration Day, should the president-elect decide to go that route.

Dodd said that he has …

President-elect Barack Obama must move quickly to assemble his team in the first wartime transition in 40 years, national security and political experts agree, but a largely antiquated process is likely to make that cumbersome.

Wars in Iraq …

Beer Gets a Boost

Who knew beer needed a lobby? We thought everyone loved it.

The National Beer Wholesalers Association, which lobbies on behalf of the country’s 2,750 licensed independent beer distributors, has promoted two of its own. …

K Street’s lobbying approach will change in Barack Obama’s administration, in part because he’ll be the first president with congressional roots since George H.W. Bush.

Democratic lobbyists are eyeing ways to take advantage of Obama’s ties with Senate …

Despite campaign trail promises that special interests wouldn’t be a part of his administration, President-elect Barack Obama’s has sent signals to the lobbyists that they can get jobs with him.

The Obama policy, which appears to be evolving, would prevent lobbyists …

Sullivan Sets Sail For Nelson Mullins

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough has added two more shipmates to its government relations crew.

Tom Sullivan recently jumped ship at the Small Business Administration, where he had worked for seven years …

Congressional Republicans aren’t the only ones bracing for big Election Night losses. Their partisan brethren in the business trade associations and corporate offices are, too.

Almost all of those high-paying jobs are held by Republicans — former Capitol …

After two years of nearly nonstop campaign Sundays, the final round of talk shows before Election Day is upon us.

But then, who’s counting.

This Sunday, NBC’s “Meet the Press” leads with a man who knows …

Ballot initiatives have become the hot vehicles for special interests looking to fast-track their renewable energy plans into law.

The number of energy questions on state ballots has doubled every election year since 2004, according to Politico’s research, …

Competing Plans

Republican John McCain backed the war in Iraq. Barack Obama protested it from the start. And they disagree as well on how to handle veterans’ health care and on some homeland security policy.

John …