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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said that conversations would continue in the House about a longer term approach to the nation's transportation needs. For now, he said he is willing to take up a Senate transportation bill. (Associated Press)

House GOP gives ground on legislative agenda to Senate

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: Can the president kill you?

By Andrew P. Napolitano - The Washington Times

D.C. activists to congressman: ‘Don’t be a wiener’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ORIENT: Is the payment board a death panel?

By Dr. Jane M. Orient - The Washington Times

The International Space Station (NASA via Associated Press)

NASA seeks $830M to get astronauts in orbit without Russia’s help

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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House faces March 31 deadline on road, infrastructure bill

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks March 7, 2012, during a visit to the Daimler Trucks North America Mount Holly Truck Manufacturing Plant in Mount Holly, N.C. (Associated Press)

Obama urges shift to new energy technologies

By Anne Gearan - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, following the Democrats' weekly strategy session. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Stock Act remains stalled in Senate a month after House passage

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Rep. Donald M. Payne, New Jersey Democrat, once headed the Congressional Black Caucus and was a current member of the House foreign affairs and education and the workforce committees. He died Tuesday from cancer. (Associated Press)

Donald Payne, New Jersey congressman, dies

By Daniel Jackson - The Washington Times

**FILE** Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis testifies July 10, 2010, on Capitol Hill before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (Associated Press)

General warns of Syrian bioweapons, Iran threat

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

** FILE ** This May 16, 2011 file photo shows U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in Chicago. Jackson faces a Democratic challenge from former one-term congressman and state legislator, Debbie Halvorson in Illinois' 2nd Congressional District in the March 20 primary. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Super PAC aims to wrest grip of incumbents

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

Mitt Romney greets supporters at Taylor-Winfield Technologies in Youngstown, Ohio. The GOP presidential candidate pushed his theme of more jobs and smaller government. (Associated Press)

Romney pushes jobs; Santorum lobs attacks

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Former first ladies Laura Bush and Barbara Bush share a light moment with moderator Doris Kearns Goodwin (right) during a discussion Monday that was part of the conference "America's First Ladies: An Enduring Vision" at SMU in Dallas. (Associated Press)

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Reps. Marcy Kaptur and Dennis J. Kucinich have served a combined 42 years in Congress representing neighboring Ohio districts. With a new legislative map, however, the longtime friends must run against each other in the Democratic primary on Super Tuesday. Pundits say the race in the new 9th District is too close to call. (Associated Press)

Old friends are now bitter rivals for Ohio House seat

By Andrea Billups - The Washington Times

President Obama talks about U.S. oil dependence on March 1, 2012, in Nashua, N.H. (Associated Press)

Obama: Time to end tax breaks for Big Oil

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk (Associated Press)

White House pushes fight against unfair foreign trade

By David Hood - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, offers his "Back in Black" plan to reduce the federal deficit during a news conference Monday. It attempts to explain how to reduce the deficit by more than $900 billion during the next 10 years. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Congress needs rehab

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

**FILE** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (right), accompanied by Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 28, 2012, before the Senate Budget Committee on the Pentagon's fiscal 2013 budget. (Associated Press)

Panetta: Don’t balance budget ‘on the back’ of the military

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama meets Feb. 14, 2012, with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping at the White House. (Associated Press)

Audit: Government still wasting ‘tens of billions’ each year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cut red tape to improve economy

The Washington Times