Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) is chairman of the D.C. Council, and Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) is chairman pro tempore. That was the outcome of today’s D.C. Council vote to choose new leadership in the wake of Kwame R. Brown’s resignation, and it’s the outcome that’s been expected in internal discussions among council members going back at least to last Friday, if not months before that. Read full article >>