Hoyer MIA in Helping Murtha

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) is turning a blind eye to his one-time rival Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), even as the veteran lawmaker appeals for help in what’s become the political fight of his career.

Dodd Considers Panel Openings

Following a disappointing 2008 presidential run that left him with diminished stature in the Senate Democratic Conference, Sen. Chris Dodd (Conn.) is likely to find himself in the enviable position of having his choice of powerful committee chairmanships under a newly emboldened and enlarged majority.

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Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, who is expected to win a Senate seat on Election Day, greets supporters at a Democratic rally at the Wise County Courthouse last week.

Lunsford Pulls Even With McConnell in New Democratic Poll

The campaign of Democrat Bruce Lunsford released a new poll Thursday afternoon that showed the wealthy businessman in a statistical dead heat with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in one of the key Senate races of the cycle.

Heard on the Hill: He Could ... Go ... All ... The ... Way

They’ve appeared on all the cable networks, they’ve been grilled on the Sunday morning talk shows and they’ve laughed it up on the late-night gabfests. But in the last hours of the presidential election, Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) will have just one final television campaign stop to make: Monday Night Football.