Clyburn ties can help pave way to DC

As President-elect Obama forms his new administration, it helps to have a friend - or a father - in Rep Jim Clyburn (D-SC), if you want part of the action. The House majority whip's eldest daughter, Mignon Clyburn, is on the short list to head the Federal Communications Commission. Rep Clyburn himself has been mentioned as a potential secretary of housing and urban development under Obama, but aides say the Columbia (SC) Democrat is not interested in leaving his current job as the No. 3 leader of the House. Mignon Clyburn, 46, is a member of the South Carolina Public Service Commission, which oversees public utilities and transit systems in South Carolina. She is the oldest of Jim and Emily Clyburn's three daughters.