Obama Names Economic Team

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President-elect Barack Obama confirmed Monday the membership of his economic team, announcing Tim Geithner will serve as Treasury secretary while former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will become director of the White House National Economic Council.

Lieberman: Regrets But
No Apology

Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) on Sunday once again defended his decision to support Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) over President-elect Barack Obama in the White House election, but he said he regretted the harsh tone of the campaign.

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Crews unload the Capitol Christmas Tree, a 70-foot-tall subalpine spruce from Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest, on the West Front of the Capitol on Monday. Speaker Nancy Pelosi will light the tree on Dec. 2.

Two More Implicated in Abramoff Scandal

A former associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff is expected to soon be charged with wire fraud in federal court, while a person who had worked with Abramoff left his post Friday with the firm Cassidy & Associates.

The Mission Ahead

As veteran lawmakers, the freshman class of 2008 and members of the Obama administration gather in Washington, D.C., Roll Call is proud to announce the launch of “The Mission Ahead,” an ongoing project that will place innovative and dramatic public policy ideas in the hands of the 111th Congress.