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 Rahm Less Partisan, 
 More Powerful 

Obama's no. 2 tones down trademark partisanship

Jan 25, 09 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s chief of staff has a reputation as a feisty, vicious partisan, but he’s trying to tone it down as he takes a central role in the White House, writes Mark Leibovich in the New York Times. Never far from his boss, Emanuel is more “chief”... More »

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Rahm Emanuel • personality • profile • Obama administration • President Obama • chief of staff

 Impeachment Is 
 'Sham': Blago 

Illinois governor says his attorneys are being denied due process

Jan 22, 09 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he is being denied due process and accused the Illinois legislature of trying to “thwart the will of the people” by impeaching him, the Chicago Tribune reports. Blagojevich added that he wants to call White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to testify on... More »

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impeachment • subpoena • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

Obama Blocks
Bush 'Midnight Orders'

Weapons, anti-abortion regulations halted

Jan 21, 09 2:12 AM CST
(Newser) - One of President Barack Obama's first acts from the Oval Office was to block the last orders of his predecessor executed in his final days of power, Reuters reports. The White House sent a memo to every federal agency yesterday putting a stop to dozens of so-called "midnight regulations"... More »

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abortion • gun control • White House • Rahm Emanuel • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama • midnight regulation

Obama Gives Lawmakers
on Both Sides More Say

New prez wooing votes for economic plans

Jan 20, 09 9:21 AM CST
(Newser) - So far, Barack Obama’s line about disagreeing without being disagreeable isn’t just lip service. The Wall Street Journal reports that the president-elect and his team have been talking in good faith with members of Congress—including Republicans—about economic policy. Says one senator whom they unsuccessfully lobbied to... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Senate • Rahm Emanuel • economic stimulus package • Larry Summers • bailout • Bob Corker

Pelosi Happy to Let Obama Carry Dems' Flag

A Democratic president will offer speaker support, raise challenges

Jan 5, 09 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi is thrilled to work with “a president whose vision I respect and whose agenda I will help stamp” after 2 years of butting heads with Republicans, she tells the New York Times. The speaker of the House doesn’t mind ceding her role as the face of... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Congress • Rahm Emanuel • speaker of the House • President Obama

(Newser) - Harry Reid called Rod Blagojevich after the election, but before the governor’s arrest, to discourage him from appointing unelectable candidates to Barack Obama’s Senate seat, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The Senate majority leader sought to put the kibosh on Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr. and Danny Davis, along... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • corruption • Tammy Duckworth • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • Jesse Jackson Jr. • political scandal • Lisa Madigan • President Obama • Danny Davis • Emil Jones

(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel’s transformation from Congressman to White House chief of staff is almost complete, the Chicago Tribune reports. Emanuel sent a letter to Gov. Rod Blagojevich today stating his intention to resign his seat on Friday. Blagojevich has no power to appoint Emanuel’s successor; rather, he has... More »

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Congress • Chicago • White House • House of Representatives • resignation • Rahm Emanuel • Rod Blagojevich • President Obama • chief of staff

Blago Wants Obama Aides
to Testify in Impeachment

Attorney asks state panel subpoena Emanuel, Jarrett

Dec 26, 08 1:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s attorney wants the state’s impeachment panel to subpoena two of Barack Obama’s top aides, Politico reports. Ed Genson is not alleging that Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett did anything wrong, but rather that their testimony would help prove that Blagojevich’s taped conversations... More »

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Chicago • corruption • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • Valerie Jarrett • Jesse Jackson Jr.

updated

 Obama Report: 
 No Ties to 
 Blago Scandal 

Emanuel was in touch, but nobody knew Illinois governor was trying to sell Senate seat

Dec 23, 08 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's camp pronounced itself clean as a whistle today with regard to the Rod Blagojevich scandal, NBC reports. The president-elect’s team released an internal report saying that no one on the staff, including Obama himself, had any inappropriate contact with the Illinois governor as he considered appointments to... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • corruption • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • President Obama

Emanuel Still Gets Paycheck From Congress

No salary (yet) for
White House gig; he hasn't resigned as rep

Dec 23, 08 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel has started his new job as Barack Obama’s White House chief of staff, but his paycheck is still coming from Congress, the Hill reports. Emanuel is not getting a salary from Obama’s transition team. He hasn’t resigned the House seat to which he was just... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • Rahm Emanuel • House Democrats • Rod Blagojevich

OPINION

Obama Has Nothing to Hide, Plenty to Lose With Blago

Reflexively distancing himself from Illinois mess has made him look needlessly sketchy

Dec 19, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama looks to have done nothing wrong in his (however limited) dealings with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, but the president-elect seemed bent on proving otherwise, Joe Conason writes on Salon. Obama’s “unnecessary mistakes” in handling the scandal “risked creating public suspicion where there need be none,... More »

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Barack Obama • Patrick Fitzgerald • corruption • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

More Deja Vu: Betty Currie on Obama Team

Bill Clinton's secretary is now answering phones for Podesta

Dec 17, 08 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Yet another link with the Clinton White House: Betty Currie, the secretary to Bill Clinton who became embroiled in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, has rolled up her sleeves and is now manning the phones for John Podesta, the co-chairman of Obama’s transition team and former Clinton chief of staff,... More »

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White House • Bill Clinton • Rahm Emanuel • transition • transition team • John Podesta • President Obama • President-elect Obama

ANALYSIS

Pelosi to Emanuel:
This Is My House

Speaker wants White House to go through her to get to Dems

Dec 16, 08 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Speaker Nancy Pelosi is setting clear parameters for how she expects the Obama White House to work with House Democrats now that former lieutenant Rahm Emanuel will be chief of staff, Politico reports. When Emanuel recently offered advice on a leadership race, she replied that it is “an internal... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Democratic caucus • Rahm Emanuel • House Democrats • President Obama

Special Election Gains Ground With Blago

Guv unlikely to quit, but would give up naming Obama successor

Dec 15, 08 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, under indictment for trying to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat, would likely now approve a bill authorizing a special election to fill the post, sources tell the Chicago Sun-Times. Blagojevich—who insiders now say has decided not to resign—wants the measure to apply to... More »

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Barack Obama • corruption • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • special election • US Senate • Lisa Madigan • President Obama • Pat Quinn

 Emanuel Talked Senate Seat 
 With Blago Aide 

No sign Chief of Staff pick tried to wheel and/or deal

Dec 13, 08 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama’s pick for White House chief of staff, had multiple conversations with Rod Blagojevich's chief of staff about Obama’s Senate seat, the Chicago Tribune is reporting. There’s no evidence that Emanuel engaged in any dealmaking for the seat, or that he knew of... More »

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Barack Obama • corruption • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • special election • President Obama • chief of staff • pay to play

(Newser) - Fuming over rumors he was the Obama adviser who spoke with Rod Blagojevich about the president-elect’s Senate seat, Rahm Emanuel told ABC News today he's received death threats and the media have "intruded too much." Emanuel is not a target of prosecutors, sources told the AP late... More »

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Barack Obama • corruption • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • President Obama

 Hello? Barack Here. No, Really 

Pol suspecting a prank hangs up on president-elect

Dec 4, 08 2:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Blame radio's drive-time zoo disc jockeys for a new skepticism among politicians. GOP Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen received a phone call from someone identifying himself as Barack Obama. She hung up on him, thinking it was a radio show prank—and even complimented him on his Obama impression. The only... More »

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Fidel Castro • Rahm Emanuel • Hugo Chávez • Sarah Palin • Howard Berman • President Obama • House Foreign Affairs committee.

Sarah Palin, Come Back! SNL Needs You

Show loses its edge without the moose-hunting governor

Nov 23, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Without Sarah Palin and with a dull Barack Obama impression on its hands, Saturday Night Live is in election withdrawal, Alex Carnevale writes for Gawker. The show’s opening skit about congressional hearings on automaker bailouts was “less than hilarious,” and it “tried to squeeze jokes out... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • Barack Obama • NBC • Rahm Emanuel • Tim McGraw • Fred Armisen • live television

Rahm to CEOs:
Get on Board With Health Care

'We’re going to have to do big, serious things,' staff chief tells council

Nov 19, 08 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel has avoided the spotlight since accepting the White House chief of staff job, but he was anything but shy last night at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council, challenging his high-powered audience to help on health care. “When it gets rough out there, a lot of business... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Rahm Emanuel • economy • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Obama Stacking His Cabinet
With Pit Bulls

Cool-hand Barack wants heavy-hitters, isn't afraid of a fight

Nov 18, 08 6:22 AM CST
(Newser) - For a man who earned himself the nickname "No-Drama Obama" during the campaign, the president-elect seems to be assembling a surprisingly high-maintenance cabinet, writes Helene Cooper in the New York Times. From Larry Summers to Rahm Emanuel to Hillary Clinton, the partners that Obama has chosen or considered have... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • Cabinet • Rahm Emanuel • Larry Summers • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama

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