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Stevens loses Alaska Senate race (AP)

Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Mark Begich talks about winning the U.S. Senate seat from U.S. Senate Ted Stevens, R-Alaska in Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon who couldn't survive a conviction on federal corruption charges. His defeat to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich moves Senate Democrats closer to a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority.
Holder accepts Obama's Justice offer, senior Democrat says (AP)

In this July 20, 1999 file photo, President Clinton shakes hand with Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, right, as Attorney General Janet Reno looks on at a American Bar Association Presidential Call to Action event at the White House in Washington. Holder is President-elect Barack ObamaAP - President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for attorney general is Eric Holder, a former No. 2 Justice Department official in the Clinton administration and Obama campaign aide who would become the first African American to serve as the nation's chief lawyer.
Obama snags Hill insider for White House team (AP)

Phil Schiliro, assistant to the president for legislative affairs for President-elect Barack Obama, stands on Capital Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Schiliro has spent his entire working life in Congress. But President-elect Barack Obama has snagged the well-regarded staffer to be his White House liaison to Congress. Now Schiliro, 52, is tasked with being the bridge between the new president and the lawmakers who have the power to make or break his agenda. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Phil Schiliro has spent his entire working life in Congress, doing every imaginable job from drafting arcane legislation to running for a seat himself. Steeped in the culture and traditions of Capitol Hill, Schiliro seemed to be one of those people who'd never leave voluntarily — he'd have to be carted out.
McCain to seek 5th Senate term (AP)
AP - Sen. John McCain, whose presidential bid was snuffed out two weeks ago by President-elect Barack Obama, is setting up a political action committee as a first step in running for a fifth term in the Senate.
Senators pursue new auto-aid strategy (Politico)
Politico - Auto state senators are pursuing a new compromise that would allow ailing companies easier access to an Energy Department $25 billion loan fund but require that any money borrowed be repaid to that same account to preserve its initial purpose of supporting a future generation of more fuel-efficient vehicles.
McCain returns to Senate, is welcomed by Kerry (AP)

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks on the phone outside a Republican Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The red-and-blue Senate trolley rolled up to the Capitol basement Tuesday, a lone senator in the front seat checking a piece of paper before slipping it back into his jacket pocket.

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