By Mike Soraghan,The Hill
Rahm Emanuel has conflicts
Rahm Emanuel is calling the shots for what will soon be the Obama White House,but he hasn’t drawn a check from the presidential transition operation.
Emanuel has been negotiating on Barack Obama’s behalf even before he was elected president,and his selection as presidential chief of staff was announced Nov. 7. But Emanuel remains a congressman from the 5th District of Illinois.
“He will remain on the House payroll until he resigns his seat,” said a spokeswoman in Emanuel’s congressional office. “The timing on that has not been decided.”
His role in the transition,though,comes under a magnifying glass Tuesday,as Obama is expected to release an accounting of the transition team’s contacts with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D). The governor allegedly tried to sell Obama’s Senate seat.