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A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Jan. 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

Stocks surge with ‘fiscal cliff’ averted

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Economy Briefs: Analyst predicts strong ’13 auto sales in U.S.

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie walks to a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, to talk about aid to help his state recover from superstorm Sandy. President Obama is expected to ask Congress for about $50 billion in additional emergency assistance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner sets votes on Sandy relief after taking bipartisan criticism

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, California Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Inside the Ring: No fix for defense cuts

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., following a closed-door GOP meeting on the "fiscal cliff" bill. It passed the Senate on Monday night and the House on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner agrees to Sandy aid vote on Friday

By Andrew Miga and Larry Margasak - Associated Press

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (left) and Speaker John A. Boehner enter a GOP meeting Wednesday, showing solidarity. (Associated Press)

Grumbling on Boehner’s speakership not a mutiny

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Obama smiles as he arrives in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington to make a statement regarding the passage of the "fiscal cliff" bill on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: More revenue needed after ‘fiscal cliff’ deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama and Vice President Biden make a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Jan. 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

Tax hike deal:  Obama’s first  or GOP’s last?

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., following a closed-door GOP meeting on the "fiscal cliff" bill. It passed the Senate on Monday night and the House on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Angry GOP: Hill has to ‘get serious about cutting spending’

By Susan Crabtree and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: Pa. planning to sue NCAA in federal court

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

House Speaker John A. Boehner leaves a GOP caucus meeting on "fiscal cliff" legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Congress approves ‘fiscal cliff’ deal in bipartisan vote

By Stephen Dinan and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration Cutting out the Constitution by John Camejo for The Washington Times

GHEI: Adrift from the Constitution

By Nita Ghei - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Sen. Olympia J. Snowe has been known as a fiery fighter for her causes but also as a legislator skilled in the art of building consensus. She chose not to run for another term. (Associated Press)

Snowe won’t miss partisanship

By David Sharp - Associated Press

Andy Griffith (Associated Press)

Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

Reporters pursue Speaker of the House John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, as he walks to a closed-door meeting with GOP members of the House as Congress in Washington, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, as Senate and House leaders rush to assemble a last-ditch agreement to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Conversation’ on deficit falls on deaf ears

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Pedestrians, veterans and members of the media walk around the grounds of the newly renovated District of Columbia WWI Memorial after a rededication ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 10, 2011.
(T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

Bill leaves out national memorial to WWI veterans

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration Tea Party Republican by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

LENNOX: GOP must embrace a new generation of leaders

By Dennis Lennox

Illustration EPA Human Experiments by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

MILLOY: EPA’s illegal human experiments could break Nuremberg Code

By Steve Milloy

President Obama speaks about the fiscal cliff on Dec. 31, 2012, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. The president said it appears that an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff is "in sight," but says it's not yet complete and work continues. (Associated Press)

Obama: ‘Fiscal cliff’ deal is close but ‘not done’

By Susan Crabtree and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times