Ed O’Keefe
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.

Latest by Ed O’Keefe

The IRS hearings: Winners and losers

The IRS hearings: Winners and losers

So now that the dust has settled, who came out on top? Who didn't?

IRS official invokes Fifth Amendment in House hearing

IRS official invokes Fifth Amendment in House hearing

Lois Lerner declared that she did nothing wrong but would follow her lawyer’s advice not to testify.

New IRS boss's message to workers

New IRS boss's message to workers

Danny Werfel tells the rank-and-file that they will quickly determine what went wrong.

Former IRS official’s ‘regret’ doesn’t satisfy senators

Former IRS official’s ‘regret’ doesn’t satisfy senators

Two former leaders of the agency appeared in a confrontational hearing before a Senate panel.