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**FILE** House Ways and Means Committees Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican. (Associated Press)

House GOP to try to block waiver of welfare work rule

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Two shot in Southeast D.C.

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

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Inside the Ring: Invitation to China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

“[With] a need so great as unemployed veterans, this is not the time to draw a technical line on the budget," said Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat. (Associated Press)

Jobs bill for veterans bogs down in Senate

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney answers questions at a Univision “Meet the Candidates” forum posed by Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas. (Associated Press)

Nondeportation trips up Romney

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Obama waves to supporters Sept. 5, 2012, as he arrives at the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C., for the Democratic National Convention. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Your looming tax hike

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

New search engine offers easier access to Congress

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

Rural lawmakers face fury back home

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (center) is awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 19, 2012, as House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, look on. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Myanmar reform leader Suu Kyi praised on Hill

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

House Foreign Affairs Committee member Rep. Dan Burton, Indiana Republican, is upset that U.S. aid may be flowing to countries in the Mideast that are attacking and trashing U.S. embassies. He mounted a futile protest during debate last week. (Associated Press)

Funding for Egypt advancing despite attacks

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

** FILE ** Former Attorney General John Ashcroft

Both sides gear up in Defense of Marriage appeal

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

"These [state] laws are designed in my view to intimidate and prevent U.S. citizens from casting legitimate ballots." - Rep. Rick Larsen, Washington Democrat. (Associated Press)

Battles over federal voter-ID laws heating up in Congress

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in Washington, where she will receive the Congressional Gold Medal and meet with officials. (Associated Press)

Nobel activist to warn U.S. of too much faith in Myanmar

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

D.C. police respond to barricade situation in Southeast

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Libyans and Americans stand with wreaths, a poster and a photo of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens on it as they gather on Monday in front of the U.S. consulate gate to pay their respect to Mr. Stevens and three other Americans killed in last week’s attack on the consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Associated Press)

Skeptics say Middle East attacks organized

By Stephen Dinan and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Cover of the book The National Forgotten League by Dan Daly, in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Mixing Football & Politics

By Dan Daly - The Washington Times

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DECKER: 5 Questions with Gov. George Allen

By Brett M. Decker - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Darrell E. Issa tells the media that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. must provide Congress with the requested documents in the "Fast and Furious" probe in this June 20, 2012, file photo. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

D.C. budget autonomy bid in limbo on the Hill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

6 plead guilty in large-scale D.C. drug ring

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Budget Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (right), Wisconsin Republican, with Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas, holds a copy of their budget proposal during a news conference March 29, 2012, on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

House to pass 6-month spending bill

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press