Rahm Israel Emanuelcite news first = Steve last=Hendrix title = Fighting for The Spoils curly = y url = work = The Washington Post page = D1 date =2006-10-22 accessdate = 2008-11-18 (IPA-en?r??mpron; born November 29, 1959) is an American (United States) politician currently serving as White House Chief of Staff to President (President of the United States) Barack Obama. He served previously as senior advisor to President Clinton at the White House from 1993 to 1998 and as a Democratic (Democratic Party (United States)) member of the United States House of Representatives, representing ushrIllinois5, from 2003 until his resignation in 2009 to take up his current position in the Obama Administration.

Emanuel was chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee during the 2006 mid-term elections (United States House elections, 2006) and remained a top strategist for House Democrats during the 2008 cycle (United States House elections, 2008). After Democrats regained control of the House in 2006, Emanuel was elected chairman of the Democratic Caucus (Democratic Caucus of the United States House of Representatives). This made him the fourth-ranking House Democrat, behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn. cite news date=2008-11-06 accessdate=2008-12-17 author=Baker, Peter and Zeleny, Jeff url= title=For Obama, No Time to Bask in Victory As He Starts to Build a Transition Team work=New York Times Two days after Obamas election victory, he was announced as Barack Obamas designate for White House Chief of Staff. Emanuel resigned from the House on January 2, 2009 and began his current job on January 20, 2009, the day of Obamas inauguration.