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"Upon convening under Republican control next Jan. 3, Congress should enact a statute prohibiting the president from suspending enforcement of the deportation laws for categories of undocumented aliens through executive orders, agency directives or otherwise," writes Bruce Fein. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

BRUCE FEIN: Regaining congressional prerogatives

By Bruce Fein

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald (Associated Press)

VA overhaul fails to please veterans advocates calling for mass firings

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky holds a news conference on the day after the GOP gained enough seats to control the Senate in next year's Congress and make McConnell majority leader, in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

LAWRENCE J. FEDEWA: Republicans can leverage budget over Obama

By Lawrence J. Fedewa

US President Barack Obama speaks at the APEC CEO Summit at the China National Convention Center (CNCC) in Beijing, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. (AP Photo/Wang Zhao, Pool)

Obama asks for $5.6 billion to fight Islamic State

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks to the media before a meeting with his cabinet members in the White House Cabinet Room in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. A senior military official says that American military advisory teams will now go to Iraq&#8217;s western Anbar province where Islamic State militants have been gaining ground and slaying men, women and children. The teams are part of President Barack Obama&#8217;s new directive to expand the U.S. mission in Iraq by deploying another 1,500 U.S. troops to serve as advisers, trainers and security personnel. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

BRUCE FEIN: Congress: Don’t be fooled about Islamic State

By Bruce Fein

(White House photo)

JOSEPH CURL: For Obama, no midterm lesson — and no compromise in sight

By Joseph Curl

Some of more than 350 miles of pipe awaiting shipment for the Keystone XL oil pipeline is stored at Welspun Tubular, in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ** FILE **

Keystone pipeline in spotlight following GOP win, looming court case

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, of California, talks as she and Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee receive updates of Election Eay information from Greg Jackson, field director of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee at the Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Democrats press for minimum wage hike after ballot successes

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, to hear a new challenge to President Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Supreme Court takes Obamacare case on tax credits for state health care exchanges

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama comments on the prisoner release from North Korea following an announcement for U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch to be the next Attorney General, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The president said he is &quot;very grateful&quot; that North Korea has released the last two Americans in its custody. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Obama vows to use executive action on immigration before new GOP Congress is sworn in

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Ms. Lynch is a tough prosecutor, more lawyer and prosecutor than politician, and thus very different from the man she is to replace. (Associated Press)

Loretta Lynch attorney general confirmation likely to wait for Republican Senate

By Stephen Dinan and Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama listens at right as U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, when the president announced he would nominate Ms. Lynch to replace Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

BRUCE FEIN: Loretta Lynch: Senate should defer her confirmation

By Bruce Fein

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks to the media before a meeting with his cabinet members in the White House Cabinet Room in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

BRUCE FEIN: Head injuries or method in the madness?

By Bruce Fein

FILE - This April 22, 2104 file photo shows videojournalists setting up outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The court heard arguments today in the case of John Yates, a fishing boat captain who claims he was wrongly convicted of destroying evidence, namely, the fish, that were under the legal minimum catch size in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Supreme Court to hear Obamacare case over subsidies; could redefine the law

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama meets with congressional leaders in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. From left are, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama makes nice with Republican leaders, pledges action

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Political Fish Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Upending the new immoral order

By Robert Knight

Image of Justice Department Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ORRIN G. HATCH: Why the rush to a new attorney general?

By Orrin G. Hatch

The Republican takeover of the Senate may pave the way for Sen. John McCain (left) and other GOP foreign policy hawks like Sen. Lindsey Graham to try to play "back-seat driver" to the White House, but at the end of the day, "if the president doesn't want to do what they push for, that's entirely up to him," said one senior congressional aide. (Associated Press)

Republican Senate takeover gives war hawks, neocons bully pulpit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This photo taken Oct. 4, 2014 shows scaffolding around the Capitol Dome in Washington. Two weeks before election day, the nation&#8217;s likely voters have started seeing eye-to-eye with the election prognosticators. Most now expect the Republican Party to take control of the U.S. Senate, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. And by a growing margin, more say that&#8217;s the outcome they&#8217;d like to see. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AL CARDENAS: A real governing agenda

By Al Cardenas

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. Boehner said the Republican-controlled Congress will act to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, make changes in the health care law and encourage businesses to hire more veterans. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Boehner vows House will repeal Obamacare

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times