Dana Bash is CNN's senior congressional correspondent, responsible for covering the activities of both the U.S. House and Senate. Named to this position in December 2008 and based in the network's Washington, D.C., bureau, Bash has covered the U.S. Congress for CNN since March 2006.

As a member the “Best Political Team on Television,” Bash covered the candidates on the trail for the network's America Votes 2008 coverage and interviewed the Republican president nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on numerous occasions. During the course of the long primary campaign, Bash also interviewed the major Republican contenders and broke many stories, including Gov. Mitt Romney's decision to suspend his campaign.

Prior to covering Congress and the 2008 campaign, Bash reported as CNN's White House correspondent from the nation's capital and from locations around the world covering President George W. Bush and his administration. Bash has reported on major stories including Hurricane Katrina, the CIA leak investigation and the capture of Saddam Hussein. She was instrumental in CNN's 2006 mid-term election coverage and the 2004 presidential campaign, which she covered from start to finish.