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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), Kentucky Republican, returns to his office after a vote on the "fiscal cliff" deal on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate votes to avoid ‘fiscal cliff’

By Stephen Dinan and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, makes his way back to his office after going into the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 31, 2012. Lawmakers on the Hill are attempting to avert the looming "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and spending cuts. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Congress to punt political football again rather than tackle problem

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama pauses during a statement on the "fiscal cliff" negotiations with congressional leaders at the White House on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama takes to airwaves to blame Republicans for impasse over ‘fiscal cliff’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Congressman Peter King, center, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, right, listens as Congresswoman Nita Lowey speaks during a news conference, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill

By Andrew Miga - Associated Press

**FILE** Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican (Associated Press)

Senators try to head off ‘nuclear’ filibuster fight

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat (Associated Press)

Congress renews surveillance law

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration Obama 2.0 by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GHEI: New year, same economy

By Nita Ghei

** FILE ** Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Special provisions allow Fast and Furious gunrunning lawsuit to continue

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

President Obama walks past a Marine honor guard as he steps off the Marine One helicopter and walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington on Dec. 27, 2012, as he returned early from his Hawaii vacation for meetings on the fiscal cliff. (Associated Press)

Obama invites congressional leaders to cliff talk

By David Espo - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican, sings a song at "A Century of Service" honoring former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Howard Baker at Mellon Auditorium, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Dueling data on gun crimes put new laws in crossfire

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration Regulations by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

MAY: Regulators can’t be trusted to self-regulate

By Randolph J. May

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Internet tax measure just a cash grab

The Washington Times

Illustration Obama Face-off with Congress by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

YOUNG: Obama relationship with Congress not likely to improve

By J.T. Young

** FILE ** President Obama acknowledges House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, while speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2012, as he hosts a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and the economy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U.S. economy could handle short fall over ‘fiscal cliff’

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

Hawaii Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz speaks the state Capitol in Honolulu on Wednesday, Dec. 26. 2012 after Gov. Neil Abercrombie, right, announced he was appointing Schatz to fill the seat vacated by the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye. (Associated Press)

Hawaii lieutenant governor picked to fill Inouye’s Senate seat

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

President Obama pauses as he speaks to reporters about the "fiscal cliff" in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

For Obama, veto isn’t overriding concern

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012, after the Supreme Court ruled on his health care legislation. (AP Photo/Luke Sharrett/Pool)

Tax increases for health care in ’13 may be just a start for U.S. workers

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldicar - Associated Press

**FILE** Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat (Associated Press)

Smoking out lawmakers on conflicts of interest?

By Phillip Swarts and Lachlan Markay - Washington Guardian