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 …

Commerce Guessing Game

The exit of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has left a vacancy at the Commerce Department in the incoming Obama administration. But there were more signs Tuesday of who won’t take the job than who might …

After a rocky start, Barack Obama’s choice to lead the CIA gained critical support in Congress on Tuesday, with at least five members of the Senate Intelligence Committee backing Leon Panetta.

At the same time, Vice President-elect Joe Biden …

Harry Reid vowed Tuesday that he’ll lead the Senate until 2015 and beyond, taunting Republicans who’d like to unseat him and dashing the hopes of Democrats who’d like to succeed him.

The Nevada Democrat, who is up for …

Roland Burris heads into a pivotal meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin on Wednesday with an unmistakable sense of momentum.

He’s now got a top Senate Democrat on his side, a …

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. …

A closed door-meeting of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday will be an early test of President-elect Barack Obama’s economic plan, with Chairman Max Baucus hoping to use the executive session to judge support for the tax cuts and major …

There’s nothing worse than getting stuck in traffic on your first day in a new job.

Especially if you’re a new member of Congress, because if you miss getting sworn in, you don’t get to vote on your …

Joe Biden has always had a flair for doing things differently – but his upcoming trip to South Asia may set a new standard.

The vice president-elect will be traveling to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. But he won’t …

Joe Biden hasn’t said much in public since the election, but one of Washington’s most prolific talkers is back – and making news whenever he speaks.

In fewer than five minutes on Tuesday, Biden criticized his own incoming …