Politics - Congressional Quarterly

If Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, a Democrat, runs for the Senate next year, as is widely expected, he would be seeking the seat formerly held by his father, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Full Story »

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee asserted Tuesday that Congress does not need to renew fast-track negotiating authority as the Obama administration begins trade talks with Pacific Rim nations. Full Story »

House and Senate leaders still do not have an agreement on how to prevent the estate tax from expiring as scheduled on Jan. 1, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer , D-Md., said Tuesday. Full Story »

House leaders plan to move legislation this week to allow Congress to finish its work for the year, but it also would require lawmakers to revisit thorny political issues early next year, such as the amount of debt the government can ring up. Full Story »

Republican congressional leaders on Tuesday denounced the Obama administration's decision to acquire an Illinois state prison to house some of the detainees now held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Full Story »

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn., indicated Tuesday that he is ready to give Senate Democrats the 60th vote they need to pass a stripped-down health care overhaul bill. Full Story »

Rep. Neil Abercrombie's imminent resignation has left his otherwise-safe Democratic House seat more vulnerable to a takeover in a special election in the coming months, prompting CQ Politics to change the rating of Hawaii's 1st district race from Likely Democratic to Leans Democratic. Full Story »

CQ Politics' Retirement Watch List Full Story »

In the nearly 12 months since Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. moved to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, it has been a foregone conclusion in national and Delaware political circles that his eldest son, state Attorney General Beau Biden, would run in the special election for his father's former Senate seat. Full Story »

Rep. Bart Gordon's surprise retirement announcement set off a scramble on both sides of the aisle and changed the dynamic in Tennessee's 6th district so much that CQ Politics now rates the race Leans Republican. Full Story »