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House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (right) easily ushered the spending bill through his chamber with enough Republican votes, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (left) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are now in a shutdown showdown. (Associated Press/File)

House passes temporary funding bill to avert shutdown

By David Sherfinski and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. John Culberson, Texas Republican, said, "The time is right" to consider a return to earmarks. He is pushing for a test run so Congress can prove it can be responsible. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump may want to bring earmarks back, but they’re one of Congress’ worst spending schemes

By Donald Lambro

Sen. Angus King (right), Maine independent, accompanied by (from left) Democratic Sens. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 17, 2017, following Senate policy luncheons. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Angus King, Mike Rounds say they will not support CR without long-term budget deal in place

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan acknowledged, "The president likes to do things in an unconventional way." (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s tweets send mixed messages to Congress

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at the Conversations with the Women of America at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump cites work of late Democratic Rep. Barbara Jordan as inspiration for his immigration policies

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Florida editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Pro-life activists converge in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the annual March for Life. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered in Washington for an annual march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Abortion legislation currently before Congress will not end the savagery

By Tom DeLay

President Donald Trump speaks to former Sen Dob Dole during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring Dole on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Washington, as House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, watch. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump calls Bob Dole ‘a true American hero’

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The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Republicans, Democrats agree on need for earmark spending

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE- This Jan. 3, 2018, file photo shows the Capitol in Washington. The government is financed through Friday, Jan. 19, and another temporary spending bill is needed to prevent a partial government shutdown after that. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Latest: House GOP looking to delay taxes for budget bill

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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., listens during a news conference on Capitol in Washington, in this Feb. 28, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Maxine Waters: Martin Luther King Jr. would have wanted Trump impeached

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., leader of an influential caucus of GOP moderates in the House, announced he will not seek re-election to an eighth House term next year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Charlie Dent says Donald Trump may need to extend DACA deadline

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Bill proposes allowing mountain bikers on wilderness land

By LIZ FORSTER - Associated Press

First female Nevada senator shares her progress, priorities

By YVONNE GONZALEZ - Associated Press

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs the Capitol after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in the election and possible connection to the Trump campaign, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Robert Mueller money laundering push could spark constitutional crisis

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

President Trump, meanwhile, is seeking a much less dramatic wall than the "sea-to-sea" version he touted during the 2016, campaign, presenting Congress with a scaled-back version that would cover 700 miles and cost $18 billion over a decade — though the president said he figures it can be built much faster and cheaper. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump offers scaled-back border wall as Democrats soften resistance

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 9, 2017, photo, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md. listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Bargainers seeking a bipartisan immigration accord planned talks as soon as Wednesday as President Donald Trump and leading lawmakers sought to parlay an extraordinary White House meeting into momentum for resolving a politically blistering issue.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

House announces hearings to look at restoring earmarks

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, listens to President Donald Trump speak during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Bipartisan lawmakers begin immigration effort

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Illustration on keeping surveillance within constitutional bounds by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Constitution, FISA, warrants and snooping

By David Keene and David Cole - The Washington Times

Conservationists line up against ending wolf management

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press