- Ed O’Keefe
- Congressional reporter
Ed O’Keefe covers Congress for The Washington Post and is author of 2chambers, a blog tracking the House and the Senate.
He previously authored The Federal Eye, a blog keeping tabs on federal agencies, federal employees, government oversight and related issues. During the 2008 election season, Ed traveled the campaign trail as a washingtonpost.com videojournalist, blogger and contributor to the newspaper.
Ed joined The Post in 2005 as a washingtonpost.com home page producer, and later served as a producer and on-air contributor to Washington Post Radio. He is a frequent guest on national radio and television outlets, including BBC, France 24, MSNBC, NPR stations, Sirius/XM POTUS and Washington Post-owned television stations. He graduated from American University with a degree in political science in 2005.
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