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Sen. Kay R. Hagan of North Carolina has yet to have a piece of legislation named for her pass the Senate, a fact Republican opponent Thom Tillis points to as evidence she isn't helping voters. (Associated Press)

Senators’ effectiveness attacked over lack of namesake laws

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Leaders of the BRICS nations pose for a group photo during the summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, in July. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President Jacob Zuma. The leaders of the BRICS nations are expected to officially create a bailout and development fund worth $100 billion. (Associated Press)

Emerging economic powers to challenge U.S., IMF with own aid bank

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 30, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, pausing while making a statement about immigration reform, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. What can Obama actually do without Congress to change U.S. immigration policies? A lot, it turns out. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Obama says GOP must be hounded on economy; Republicans cite 40 jobs bills passed by House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with a group of doctors from around the country in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2009, prior to a health insurance reform event at the White House.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Americans don’t like Obamacare, but they’d rather fix it than repeal: poll

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., pauses during a news conference on the payroll tax cut on Capitol Hill on in this Dec. 22, 2011, file photo taken in Washington. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported early Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, that Cantor says he will step down Aug. 18 to make sure constituents have a voice during the "consequential" lame-duck session. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Eric Cantor to resign Aug. 18

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Border Patrol Tucson Sector Chief Manuel Padilla, left front, walks with other agents and media during a tour in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, near Sasabe, Ariz. Padilla and other Border Patrol officials spent the day discussing the dangers for immigrants trying to cross the border illegally from Mexico into the U.S. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)

Border service faulted on staffing levels

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Illustration on the broken Senate by Nancy Ohanian/Tribune Content Agency

HATCH: Destroying the Senate — and our liberties

By Orrin G. Hatch - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, talks with reporters after a GOP caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Democrats and Republicans in Congress vowed urgent support for a $225 million missile defense package for Israel, boosting the likelihood that legislation will clear Congress before lawmakers begin a monthlong vacation at week's end. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell to Obama: Quit fundraising, start leading on border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio defends the work of the GOP during a brief news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014, as Congress prepares to leave for a five-week summer recess. The institutional split of a Republican-led House and Democratic-controlled Senate has added up to inaction, especially in a midterm election year with control of the Senate at stake. Lawmakers have struggled to compromise on a handful of bills to deal with the nation's pressing problems amid overwhelming partisanship. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP leaders delay border bill, leave Obama in control

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t fund irrelevant ‘highway’ projects

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Ronald Brock moves his anti-Obamacare sign as protestors, press and passersby wait for decisions in the final days of the Supreme Court's term, in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Obamacare subsidy challengers ask Supreme Court to take up pivotal case

The Washington Times

Alexander Hamilton, the nation's first Treasury secretary

PRUDEN: Cooling the manufactured impeachment panic

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

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Venezuelan officials suspected of human rights abuses barred from U.S.

By Hannah Dreier and Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

In this photo made Friday, April 25, 2014, Amy Jennewein speaks during a rally in support of raising the minimum wage University City, Mo. Jennewein, who lives in the outer St. Louis suburb of House Springs, earns a little above Missouri’s $7.50 minimum wage at one of her jobs and nearly $11 an hour at the other. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

MALLOY: DC plays poor house with the “Living the Wage” challenge

By Fingers Malloy

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House votes to sue President Obama over claims of presidential power

By Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin is "using Soviet tactics to confuse the U.S.," Fox News reported. (Associated press)

Inside the Beltway: Immigration rage festers on all sides

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Cargo is unloaded from the APL Singapore vessel at the port of Los Angeles on Dec. 4, 2006. (Associated Press)

Government OKs Arab-owned company Gulftainer to operate U.S. cargo port

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times