Ford, General Motors and Chrysler are back up on Capitol Hill this morning, asking Congress, once again, for $34 billion in government loans.

The Big Three CEOs had only been seated for moments before Banking Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) gave them …

Manu Raju reporting for The Crypt:

Hillary Clinton’s nomination of Secretary of State has resurrected an obscure constitutional clause that prohibits members of Congress from being appointed to positions that saw a wage increase during that lawmaker’s tenure.

But …

Is Ileana Ros-Lehtinen a little paranoid?

Maybe.

On Wednesday, the Republican congresswoman got a call from President-elect Barack Obama, didn’t believe it was him, and hung up on him. Twice.

According to Ros-Lehtinen’s flack Alex Cruz, the congresswoman received the call on her …

The New York Times and Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), the embattled chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, are engaged in a war of words over whether the lawmaker protected a lucrative tax loophole that benefitted a $1 million …

The same members of Congress who’d been positioning themselves for vice chair leading up to a recent election are still interested now that the winner of that contest, Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), may be stepping aside to become U.S. trade …

Here’s the current crop of rumored staffers Hillary Clinton may take with her to Foggy Bottom, according to people familiar with, "Democratic insiders" and other news outlets:

–Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s impeachment lawyer/Hillary’s top post campaign adviser.
–Huma Abedin, HRC’s traveling assistant …

It may have taken years and $621 million for the Capitol Visitor Center be built but it only took overnight for Capitol Police to increase the size of their break room after news broke that their CVC quarters were too …

Let’s play connect-the-scandals.

In Washington, everybody knows everybody else. And gives them money.

Nasser Kazeminy (the guy who allegedly tried to steer $75,000 and suits to Norm Coleman) has given $6,000 in campaign contributions to Charlie Rangel (who is being investigated by …

A coalition of advocacy and nonprofit organizations, including the National Black Police Association, sent a letter today to President-elect Obama preemptively pushing back against the nomination of Rep. James Ramstad (R-Minn.) to be head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, or "Drug Czar."

Ramstad …

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), facing a serious challenge from Republican William Russell, received more than $334,000 in campaign donations from fellow Democrats in the two weeks leading up to the November elections, according to the latest disclosure report filed with Federal Election Commission.

The big …