Rep. Rangel to retire if Dems falter
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Rep. Charles Rangel, a senior Democrat in Congress and the dean of New York's congressional delegation, said Wednesday he'll retire if the Democrats don't retake control of the House this year.
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California Rep. Duncan Hunter is seeking the 2008 Republican presidential nomination and retiring from the House after 14 terms, and his son Duncan D. Hunter is running to succeed him in the San Diego-area 52nd District. But the heavily Republican orientation of the open district has not deterred other GOP hopefuls from running against the congressmanÃ¢ÂÂs son.
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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert will resign his congressional seat rather than serve out the rest of his term, two GOP congressional sources told CNN.
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Shy and retiring aren't terms that spring to mind to describe Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Rahm Emanuel, new political point men for out-of-power congressional Democrats.
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A former Democratic congressman said Thursday he would reconsider his campaign hours after he dropped out of the crowded free-for-all race against Republican incumbent Rep. Henry Bonilla for a newly-drawn congressional district.
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Sen. Charles Schumer said Monday he has ruled out a run for New York governor in 2006 and instead will head the Democratic Party's effort to win seats in the Senate.
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Republican strategists hope a volatile electorate will save the party from congressional losses in 2008 that appear possible due to a string of setbacks.
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With a first place finish, he'll fly out of Des Moines as the GOP's golden boy. But anything less and he risks being sidelined
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The final two years of President Bush's term could be bleak for Republicans if the congressional-page scandal roiling Washington ends up costing them control of the House or Senate or even both.
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Former Rep. Jim Nussle, President Bush's new budget director, is likely to find himself in the middle of a series of fights with the Democratic-controlled Congress.
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Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle bade a poignant farewell Friday to a career in Congress, a soft-spoken appeal for "the politics of common ground" after a historic re-election defeat engineered by Republicans casting him as a relentless obstructionist.
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Members of Congress insist that retired players should play a bigger role in making it better.
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For two of Congress' old bulls, the lame duck session that begins next week will be the last roundup. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, 80, and his 73-year-old House counterpart, Rep. Bill Young, must surrender their posts by party rule when the new Congress starts in January.
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He's dropped in polls that gave him one lonely digit to begin with and seen friends peel away &#151; even fall melodramatically to their knees begging him to quit. Even a little bit of Ralph Nader is too much for Democrats.
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The top U.S. general and diplomat in Iraq are expected to argue against a major decrease in troop levels for now in much-awaited testimony to Congress on Monday, but leading Democrats said the administration was pursuing a failed strategy.
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Gov. Bill Richardson is gone from the Democratic presidential race, but he's still raising money: to retire a campaign debt.
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By bowing out now, the GOP conservative leaves his options open for 2012