Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the House will take up President-elect Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan within days of his inauguration and won’t go home for Congress’ mid-February recess until a package has been sent to the White House. …

Illinois Sen. Richard J. Durbin, a close friend of President-Elect Barack Obama and the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, could be poised to throw a political grenade into the economic stimulus negotiations.

Even the nickname for the legislation in …

Confronting the reality of a shrunken GOP minority, House Republican whip Eric Cantor and his team plan to spend less time counting votes and more time working on their party’s message.

To that end, Cantor — the No. 2 …

Roland Burris says that “very shortly” he will have an opportunity to be the junior senator of Illinois.

At a press conference at a Hyatt on Capitol Hill, Burris predicted that he’ll get the signature of the Illinois secretary …

Senate Democrats have launched an all-out effort to defend attorney general nominee Eric Holder, one day after the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee signaled that Holder would face a confirmation fight in the weeks ahead.

“We …

Democratic aides are disputing reports that there is a deal to seat Roland Burris, even as Burris sits behind closed doors negotiating with Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Dick Durbin.

The Associated Press reported a deal …

Former GOP vice presidential nominee Jack Kemp, 73, has been diagnosed with cancer.

According to a statement from his consulting firm, Kemp Partners, doctors are still testing Kemp before determining a course of treatment.

“Mr. Kemp …

Winning doesn’t come cheap.

That’s the lesson House Democrats are learning as they enter the 2010 election cycle with $21 million in debt from the 2008 campaign season.

But they are getting a bailout from the party’s …

Barack Obama will dominate the headlines this year, and Nancy Pelosi will still call most of her own shots. But a handful of powerful chairmen in the House and the Senate will hold the keys to their legislative successes — …

In a one-two punch at fellow Democrats, Sen. Dianne Feinstein suggested on Monday that Barack Obama had made the wrong pick for the CIA and on Tuesday that Democratic leaders are taking the wrong approach with Roland Burris. …