Democrats are thinking in terms of two-year investments and a mid-February deadline for passage of an economic stimulus bill sought by the incoming Obama administration. But in tune with the president-elect, the focus is more on job creation than on …

The Shuttle is back, with Daniel Libit riding to and from the airport with members of Congress for their weekly commute — with the tape recorder running.

Eighteen years of round trips between Washington and central Ohio come …

Forget the Republican filibuster and the race to 60. The real fight in the next Congress is Democrats vs. themselves.

With nearly complete control of Washington for the first time in three decades, Democrats are entering a treacherous …

Two great clocks are ticking in Washington today: Barack Obama’s youthful call for change and time itself, cutting down old trees in Congress and reminding the surviving chairmen that these next few years could be the last best chance of …

Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss holds a narrow lead over Democrat Jim Martin in the Dec. 2 Georgia Senate runoff, according to a new Politico/InsiderAdvantage poll.

The poll shows Chambliss leading Martin by three points, 50 to 47 percent, …

Senate Republicans want a voice in the debate over the direction the country is taking. Just don’t ask them what they’d like to say.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called a press conference Friday to release a …

Uncertainty over Hillary Rodham Clinton’s potential appointment as Secretary of State is rekindling interest in the creation of a new position for her in the Senate Democratic leadership, according to Democratic aides.

Discussion of the “new leadership role” …

California Rep. Henry A. Waxman on Thursday officially dethroned longtime Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell, upending a seniority system that has governed Democratic politics in the House for decades.

In a secret ballot vote in the Cannon Caucus …

Steve Stivers and Mary Jo Kilroy are getting a full introduction this week to life in Congress: the candlelight dinners, the ethics briefings, the government-issued BlackBerry.

One of them won’t be back in January to enjoy it. …

If there was any doubt that House Minority Leader John A. Boehner now has a stranglehold on the Republican hierarchy, it was put to rest Wednesday when the only competitive leadership race became a cakewalk.

Boehner foe and Oklahoma …