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WILLIAMS: ‘We the People’ at stake in health care decision

By Armstrong Williams - The Washington Times

"I know this is sort of geeky stuff, but the hard reality is that the amount of time it takes to put together these plans is really daunting. This takes weeks and weeks and months and months of effort, and that's why I think it's important to begin."
- Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat

Democrats punt on Senate budget bill for third year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This artist rendering shows former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (standing) and his attorney, Rusty Hardin (front left), facing prospective jurors inside federal court in Washington during jury selection in the perjury trial. (Associated Press)

Potential Clemens jurors question Hill inquiry

By Frederic J. Frommer - Associated Press

Obama seeks to confront oil market manipulation

By Jim Kuhnhenn - Associated Press

GRAY: ‘Too big to fail’ casts a long shadow

By C. Boyden Gray - Special to The Washington Times

Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican

PRUDEN: The big day for Swiss cheese, or the tax code

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

CNBC analyst Rick Santelli is an ideal running mate for GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, according to Jeff Kahn, co-founder of Draft Santelli for President 2012. (CNBC)

Inside the Beltway: Forever Santelli

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LUGAR: Obama’s arms-sale power grab

By Sen. Richard G. Lugar

Briefly: Fernandez proposes bill to take over oil company

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District's nonvoting member of Congress, is joined by Mayor Vincent C. Gray as they march in the city's Emancipation Day parade Monday. The celebrated day in 1862 was about nine months before the historic Emanicpation Proclamation. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Hill weighs ‘budget autonomy’ for D.C.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (left) and his attorney Rusty Hardin arrive at federal court in Washington on Monday, April 16, 2012, for jury selection in Clemens' perjury trial. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Clemens retrial begins with quest for neutral jury

By Joseph White - Associated Press

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

WEINSTEIN: Democrats’ dumbest new energy idea

By Bernard L. Weinstein

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Romney team ducks women’s pay discrimination bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

DAUGHTRY: Tea Party will learn to love Mitt

By Timothy C. Daughtry

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ENZI: Halting union attack on employee privacy

By Sen. Michael B. Enzi

D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi

Sequestration a ‘major issue’ for D.C.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: What if government rejects the Constitution?

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

MURDOCK: 17 trillion more reasons to repeal Obamacare

By Deroy Murdock

Illustration Obamacare by John Camejo for The Washington Times

CLANCY: Why Obamacare is doomed - all of it

By Dean Clancy

Supreme Court misunderstanding on health overhaul?

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press