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Marijuana industry relieved as feds allow banking

By KRISTEN WYATT - Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, before the House Financial Services Committee hearing. Yellen said Tuesday that if the economy keeps improving, the Fed will take "further measured steps" to reduce the support it's providing through monthly bond purchases. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

EDITORIAL: Just keep printing the money

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2014 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Holder called on a group of states Tuesday to restore voting rights to ex-felons, part of a push to fix what he sees as flaws in the criminal justice system that have a disparate impact on racial minorities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

KNIGHT: When you give liberals the Oval Office

By Robert Knight

"The only difference between the people in Congress and the people on my show is the people in Congress have more teeth," said talk show host Jerry Springer. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Inside the Beltway: About that real voter sentiment

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2013 file photo House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress returns to work on Jan. 6, 2014, with election-year politics certain to shape an already limited agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democrats seek to force votes on minimum wage, immigration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Your Obamacare doctor will see you now. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

EDITORIAL: Obamacare is falling apart

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, before the House Financial Services Committee hearing. Yellen said Tuesday that if the economy keeps improving, the Fed will take "further measured steps" to reduce the support it's providing through monthly bond purchases. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

LAMBRO: Time for another Democratic shellacking

By Donald Lambro

Calling themselves an "Interfaith Coalition," a group of religious leaders leads prayer and protest against Congressional leaders in the Capitol Rotunda, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 28, 2011. The group said they were against "immoral budget cuts" and said they felt poor people were not being protected by new budget decisions. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

Alabama lawmaker wants daily prayers in school, a la Congress

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Dec. 15, 2012, file photo, shop owner Tamara Doherty paces outside her store just down the road from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Moms group: 44 school shootings since Newtown tragedy

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama signs a memorandum directing the federal government not to discriminate against those long-term unemployed workers in its own hiring practices in the East Room of the White House, as Vice President Joe Biden stands right, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama raises minimum wage to $10.10 per hour for federal contractors

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

California Rep. Gary Miller won’t seek re-election

Associated Press

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks to reporters in front of federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Claiming the Obama administration is violating Americans&#8217; constitutional rights, Paul and a conservative political group are filing a lawsuit over the National Security Agency&#8217;s surveillance program. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Rand Paul launches suit against NSA snooping programs

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

This photo taken Feb. 12, 2014 shows Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, walking with Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress has sent President Barack Obama legislation restoring full cost-of-living pension increases for younger military retirees, a capitulation to veterans groups that opposed a modest cut when it was enacted late last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress clears bill ending military pension cuts

By DAVID ESPO - Associated Press

** FILE ** Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama look at an app on an iPhone in the Outer Oval Office, Saturday, July 16, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

NSA snooping violates separation of powers, congressmen say

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 18, 2013 file photo shows House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., listening to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. An American citizen who is a member of Al Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials say, and the Obama administration is wrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to do so legally under its new stricter targeting policy issued last year. The CIA drones watching him cannot strike because he’s an American citizen and the Justice Department must build a case against him, a task it has not completed. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

NAPOLITANO: Dozen members on Capitol Hill keeping Snowden NSA secrets

By Andrew P. Napolitano

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

MOFFIT: Fixing the ‘doc fix’ poses crucial test for Congress

By Robert Moffit

"This bill is a step forward but it doesn't go as far as it should," said Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent, noting that benefits cuts have been erased for current veterans. He's also written a bill to boost spending for future veterans. (associated press)

Congress reverses military pension cuts

By Jacqueline Klimas and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Bill seeks to let Alabama teacher read prayers

Associated Press

**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, accompanied by GOP leaders, talk to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, prior to President Barack Obama&#8217;s State of the Union address. From left are, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the Republican Policy Committee chairman; Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.; and and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell helps Senate pass hike in debt limit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House GOP fights effort to limit political groups

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER - Associated Press