Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) plans to renew her select committee to address global warming next year, ending speculation that she would terminate the panel to clear the way for the next chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

"It …

It’s been less than a week, but it seems we’re on chapter 37 of the will-she -or-won’t-she Secretary of State saga.

Bill and Hillary Clinton have apparently turned in all the paperwork the Obama team has requested and the Secretary of …

If Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel’s outlook is any indication, President-elect Barack Obama will get along just fine with House Democrats on some of his biggest priorities.

On health care reform and tax code changes, the New …

 What is Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel looking for in the next Treasury Secretary?

“Him sharing with me whether [Henry] Paulson makes any sense at all,” the New York Democrat said when a reporter asked him that …

With the larger fight for the chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee over, with Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) emerging the victor, backers of ousted chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) are now scrambling to hold on to their subcommittee chairmanships.

Reps. Bart …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who took great pains to stay neutral in the divisive fight for the Energy and Commerce chairmanship, praised both lawmakers after the election, despite her sometimes deep differences with the loser, Michigan Rep. John D. …

House Republican Leader John A. Boehner didn’t have a vote in the contentious race for chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, but that didn’t stop him from leveling a pretty harsh assessment of the result.

"This decision sends a …

The Democrats’ ability to expand the playing field for a second consecutive election — and not just play defense in the seats they picked up in 2006 — was a big part of their success in the last election, according to Maryland …

Incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said President-elect Barack Obama wants to work with Republicans, saying the new chief executive will "welcome their ideas" on how to resolve the ongoing financial crisis the country faces.

Emanuel met today with …

If things don’t work out for Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, he could still find a career as a scribe covering Congress. He’s got the breathless lede down.

"In the minds of the media, …