GOP Still Tops at AIA

The American Insurance Association is replacing its Republican president with another Republican.

Former Montana Gov. Marc Racicot, who’s helmed the American Insurance Association since 2005, is stepping down Feb. 1. Leigh Ann Pusey, …

The Interior Department could play an unprecedented role in shaping the new administration’s attempts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Some environmentalists say President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team is eyeing the Endangered Species Act, a 1973 law largely overseen …

President-elect Barack Obama’s apparent decision to tap former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as secretary of health and human services may have already affected his wife’s lobbying career.

Linda Daschle, one of Washington’s most prominent aviation lobbyists, said …

The U.S. auto industry is in a lobbying fight for its life.

The Big Three automakers — General Motors, Ford and Chrysler — have enlisted every stakeholder in their fate as they push Congress and the White House for …

Some health care groups are pushing Congress to include funding for threatened health programs in a second economic stimulus package.

AARP is asking lawmakers to provide a temporary boost to Medicaid funding to help states stave off cuts …

As soon as he’s sworn in as president, Barack Obama could begin enacting major parts of his climate agenda without congressional approval.

A series of executive orders and administrative actions could reverse Bush administration policies that environmentalists say …

As President-elect Barack Obama mulls the gender balance of his Cabinet and White House staff, some women’s groups are hoping he’ll help put some cracks in one of Washington’s thickest glass ceilings: the Pentagon.

Army Gen. Ann Dunwoody broke …

Organized labor spent tens of millions of dollars putting Democrats in Congress and the White House. Now, as the new Democratic majority gets ready to take office, unions are ready to cash — or, rather, check — in. …

Retired Gen. James Jones, the former Marine commander who advised Republican John McCain on energy security issues during his presidential campaign, could top President-elect Barack Obama’s list to be energy ­secretary.

But some renewable energy and green groups …

President-elect Obama’s good friend and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett may be a newcomer to national politics, but she’s no political neophyte.

Her political acumen, sharpened during her years in Chicago’s political trenches, could serve her well as housing …