CHICAGO, Idaho, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama crossed party lines Thursday, choosing Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., to be his Transportation secretary-designate.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., could become White House chief of staff in an Obama administration, Washington politicos suggested Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- If Sen. Barack Obama wins the presidency, observers expect a quick transition with a new treasury secretary and White House chief of staff named within days.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday condemned anti-Democrat comments from three House Republicans in recent days.

WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., may have ambitions to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, sources say.

WASHINGTON, July 25 (UPI) -- A key U.S. Democrat predicted his party won't reintroduce immigration reform until at least the second term of a prospective Democratic president.

WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., is praising the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for adding silver carp to its list of injurious species.

WASHINGTON, April 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., called on Republicans to join Democrats in the U.S. Congress in reforming the so-called Parent Penalty in the federal tax code.

WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- Watching Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central, OK; being interviewed on "The Colbert Report," not OK, new members of the U.S. House of Representatives were told.