CNN's Ian Christopher McCaleb, Ted Barrett and Kate Snow contributed to this report.

CNN: Anxiety on Hill as House awaits patients' rights vote

CNN's Ian Christopher McCaleb, Dana Bash and Ted Barrett contributed to this report.

CNN: House passes budget resolution as Democrats rail

Editor Ian Christopher McCaleb has finally ceased trying to convince himself that his career as a journalist is a temporary distraction.

CNN: An insider's glance at the AllPolitics players

Before coming to AllPolitics, McCaleb toiled to avoid writing the next "Ulysses" as a senior editor at Congressional Quarterly Inc.

CNN: An insider's glance at the AllPolitics players

In that time, McCaleb has worked as a freelance music critic, and has written a variety of opinion pieces for many widely ignored publications.

CNN: An insider's glance at the AllPolitics players

CNN's Jonathan Karl and Ian Christopher McCaleb contributed to this report.

CNN: Bush launches blitz for huge tax cut

CNN's Ian Christopher McCaleb and Dana Bash contributed to this report.

CNN: After long debate, Senate approves tax cut