Steve Daley

You love your congressman. Maybe you never bought flowers for your elected representative or sprang for dinner in some pricey eatery. Maybe you`d even have trouble coming up with the...

Jesse Jackson sought to dampen renewed speculation Saturday that he is considering a run next year for mayor of Washington, D.C. But close associates said Jackson has had active discussions...

Then there is the lighter side of the Jim Wright case. The current ethics investigation of the Democratic speaker of the House has transformed that raucous caucus. Speaking in hushed,...

The House of Representatives is not on speaking terms with itself. Disarray is not an epidemic here. It only seems that way. As George Bush sorts out his new administration,...

Light pours into Jim Wright`s office in the Capitol, the office belonging to the speaker of the House. Light pours in behind the Texas Democrat as he perches at his...

In his splendid memoir of Washington public life in the 1950s and 1960s, Harry McPherson, an aide to Lyndon Johnson in the Senate and in the White House, recalls a...

On the bright morning of his inaugural address, George Bush surveyed the members of Congress assembled near him and collected a large round of applause by insisting that voters didn`t...

With his punchy, aggressive style and his penchant for the one-liner, William Bennett may be your idea of the perfect civil servant. Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois does not share...

Texans being Texans, the nomination of John Tower to be secretary of defense was certain to be caught up in Lone Star lore and mythology. At least twice in the...

These days, there is just a trace of fear flickering in the eyes of Sen. Sam Nunn. These days, as head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Georgia Democrat...