Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the incoming White House chief of staff for President-elect Barack Obama, will hold courtesy calls with House and Senate leaders today.

At 2 p.m., Emanuel will meet with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and the rest of the GOP …

Henry Waxman has prevailed in a 137-122 vote, as Politico’s Patrick O’Connor reports on the home page.

Politico’s Ryan Grim, also on the scene outside the Cannon Caucus Room, reports that Waxman has said Dingell will be "chairman emeritus" and …

The doors have closed in the Cannon Caucus Room and the final round of the Dingell vs. Waxman fight will soon be settled.

John Dingell will make his presentation first to the Democratic caucus on why he should remain chairman of …

Wednesday was a busy day for the various sub-caucuses in the House.

Democrats were particularly busy because there are so many sub-groups within the party (and let’s move fast because we don’t want to miss anyone…). …

They don’t call them just desserts for nothing.

On Thursday, Florida Sens. Mel Martinez and Bill Nelson will pay homage to Pennsylvania Sens. Bob Casey, Arlen Specter and the World “F’ing” Champion Philadelphia Phillies (apologies to Chase Utley) …

The fate of the Colombia free trade agreement is in limbo, but it looks like President-elect Barack Obama doesn’t plan to entirely ignore the hot-button issue of trade.

On Wednesday, transition team members overseeing the office of the …

The Pentagon’s multi-billion-dollar effort to fight improvised explosive devices may have made progress in fighting the biggest killer of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, but it’s too soon to declare victory, said Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.), who as chairman of …

Al Franken emerged from a meeting earlier today and told reporters he was "cautiously optimistic" about the ongoing recount in Minnesota, where he trails slightly.

RedState has a translation of that phrase — using Franken’s own words …

President-elect Barack Obama recently announced the appointmen of John Leshy as the head of his transition team overseeing the Interior Department. It’s a good bet he didn’t run that choice by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).

At an …

Rep Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has won round one in his bid to unseat Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) as chairman of the powerhouse commerce committee.

Waxman won a critical preliminary vote on the Dem’s steering committee vote 25-22. The vote goes to …