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SIMMONS: Hill should go slow on commuter tax for D.C.

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Embassy Row: ‘Hour is late’

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Illustration Obamacare Hindering Medicine by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ORIENT: Obamacare set to annihilate private medicine

By Dr. Jane M. Orient

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

BIRNBAUM: Unready for tax reform

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Illustration Dodd-Frank by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

CALABRIA: Dodd-Frank’s small-business lending time bomb

By Mark A. Calabria

Vouchers available to 1,788 D.C. students

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Drought aid package clears House as it recesses

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii Democrat (Associated Press)

Dems reject GOP move to force layoff notices

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Senate fails to approve cybersecurity legislation

By Richard Lardner - Associated Press

Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican

Senator seeks to attach D.C. abortion measure to cybersecurity bill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, announces July 31, 2012, at the Capitol in Washingtonto reporters that he and GOP House Speaker John Boehner have reached an agreement to keep the government running on autopilot for six months when the current budget year ends on Sept. 30. (Associated Press)

Democrats: Doomsday; Republicans: Your fault

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, speaks during a health-care-reform town-hall meeting in Waldorf, Md., on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lawmakers leaving with work undone

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

BOCCIA: The Farm Bill’s secret handout to big corporate farms

By Romina Boccia - Special to The Washington Times

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, speaks Aug. 1, 2012, during a breakfast held by the Christian Science Monitor at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C. (Michael Bonfigli/Special to the Christian Science Monitor)

Rep. McCarthy insists House is outperforming Senate, despite gridlock

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

**FILE** Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Associated Press)

Congressmen question work of new consumer advocate

By Cory Brown - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, at the John S. Knight Center in Akron, Ohio. (Associated Press)

Sen. Obama supported layoff warnings; now sees no need

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** Catfish are released into a pond at a Little Rock, Ark., park on July 16, 2008. (Associated Press)

Vietnam threatens trade war over U.S. catfish laws

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Trent Franks, Arizona Republican, introduced the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in January. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Effort to restrict abortions in D.C. fails in House

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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

For-profit colleges’ oversight criticized; performance also gets a bad grade

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, talks July 24, 2012, to reporters following a closed-door political strategy session at the Capitol in Washington. (Associated Press)

House, Senate leaders avoid government shutdown with spending stopgap

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times