More than a month ago, it was the Bush administration coming hat-in-hand to Congress asking for billions for a financial bailout. Today, leaders of the Big Three automakers are playing the role, asking for $25 billion in loan guarantees to …

With a slap on the wrist and a gavel still in his hand, Sen. Joe Lieberman now says it’s time to "put politics aside."

Oh, and he wants to "turn the page" as well.

Here’s his full statement on the Senate Democrats’ …

Rep. Henry A. Waxman has aggressively courted newly-elected Democrats to support his bid for chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

So the incumbent chairman Michigan Rep. John D. Dingell, rolled out his own list of rookie supporters on Tuesday.

Pennsylvania Rep. Mike …

The Crypt found Sen. Ted Stevens in the hall after his morning meeting with the GOP and asked him to elaborate on his decision not to seek a pardon from President Bush.

"I didn’t say anything about that at all. I said …

Sen. Jim DeMint may be the patron saint of lost causes in the Senate today, but he sure knows how to grab a headline.

Early this morning, DeMint backed off his plan to force a vote on expelling Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens from …

Incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is making one last lap on Capitol Hill before he settles into his new digs in the West Wing.

Emanuel, who hasn’t officially resigned his House seat, showed up Tuesday …

Senate Republicans were visited on the Hill today by former colleague George Allen, the ex-Virginia senator who’s name will always be associated with the word Macaca.

Allen, who lost his 2006 bid for reeleection, joined Vice President Dick Cheney and …

Some Democrats have sniped at Joe Lieberman for not grilling the Bush administration hard enough as head of the homeland security committee.

He gets to keep this job.

Democrats have (mostly) offered praise for his positions on the Environment and Public Works …

House Republican Leader John A. Boehner, who has always given his colleagues plenty of chances to blow off steam, has agreed to convene a leadership forum Wednesday morning that will give rank-and-file lawmakers the chance to grill leadership candidates before …

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) offered a qualified apology — and accepted the lightest of wrist slaps — in exchange for a deal that keeps him firmly in the Senate Democratic fold.  

Democrats, meeting in the Capitol this morning, voted secretly to …