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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, file photo, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., speaks at a House Rules Committee meeting regarding floor debate on legislation that would repeal the health care overhaul bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Questions and answers about GM recall

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts arrives for President Barack Obama's State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

‘Donor’ trumps ‘constituent’ when calling Congress

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

All eyes on special congressional election in Fla.

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Rep. Doc Hastings

Obama unilaterally expands California monument land

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Andrews Air Force Base. Obama is traveling to New York for a pair of fundraisers for the Democrats. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

At party fundraiser, Obama tells Democrats ‘the clock is ticking’ on his agenda

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Dianne Feinstein (right), California Democrat and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, meets with CIA Director-nominee John Brennan (left), currently assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Intelligence chairwoman accuses CIA of intimidation, snooping on Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

GANS: Obamacare’s latest casualty: rehabilitative hospitals

By Bruce M. Gans

Unanimous Senate passes bill on military sex assault to give victims more say in prosecution

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2014, file photo, Peter Swire, of the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology, testifies before the House Judiciary Committee's hearing on Recommendations to Reform FISA Authorities, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A massive data breach at Target Corp. that exposed tens of millions of credit card numbers has focused attention on a patchwork of state consumer notification laws and renewed a push for a single national standard. &quot;We’re stuck with the state-by-state approach unless some compromise gets done at the federal level,&quot; said Swire, a privacy expert at Georgia Tech and a former White House privacy official.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

No consensus on how to notify data breach victims

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Selma, Ala. honors anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 6, 2014. Ryan said GOP leaders and conservative activists should "give each other the benefit of the doubt" in the debate over the party's future. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

CPAC 2014: Poll shows GOP discontent, Congress frustration

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Obama to preserve California federal lands

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

President Barack Obama visit with students at Coral Reef High School, Friday, March 7, 2014 in Miami. Obama traveled to the high school to unveil a new initiative to ensure more students complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), a document required by schools to receive financial aid such as Pell grants. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama continues push for minimum wage hike that CBO says will cost 500K jobs

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Cochran: Corps adds $14M for Mississippi projects

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DNR, Conservation Congress form fishing group

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The Washington Times

BURTON: Tajikistan’s clean energy resources

By Dan Burton

World Digital Library grows to 10,000 items

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

"I personally don't feel like I lost my reputation. I know who I am. I know what criminalization of politics is all about."— Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay

DeLay: GOP failing to fight criminalization of politics

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2013 file photo, an Amtrak train, top, traveling on an unaffected track, passes a derailed Metro North commuter train in the Bronx borough of New York. Senators say they’re frustrated with the government’s slow pace at writing new rail safety regulations in light of recent fiery freight train accidents and a deadly commuter train derailment. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., warned witnesses at a Senate hearing Thursday, “one of the things we're going to do here is impose accountability”. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Senators: Quicker action needed on safety rules

By JOAN LOWY - Associated Press

**FILE** Demonstrators rally in front of the White House in Washington on July 24, 2013, calling for immigration reform. The demonstrators urged President Obama to use executive authority to expand the policy that allowed hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to remain. (Associated Press)

Obama declares himself ‘champion in chief’ for immigration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times