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Stock Act passage stalled by amendments

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

President Obama, sitting next to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (center) and Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood (right), speaks Jan. 31, 2012, during a cabinet meeting at the White House. (Associated Press)

Obama serves up package to aid small businesses

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

CBO says federal employees rake in much more pay

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Scott P. Brown, Massachusetts Republican, warned his colleagues to avoid unrelated amendments so the Stock Act can sail through Congress this week. (Associated Press)

Stock Act advances to debate in Senate

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Sen. Scott Brown, Massachusetts Republican (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Congress trying to police itself on insider trading

By Larry Margasak - Associated Press

** FILE ** Social Security checks are printed. (Associated Press)

Retiring later a tough sell in cutting deficit

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown, Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown, D.C. Shadow Senator Michael D. Brown and Council member Vincent B. Orange look at portraits of New Hampshire revolutionaries that hang in the main hall of the New Hampshire State House, Concord, N.H., Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

No satisfaction in New Hampshire on D.C. statehood

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama waves as he walks off of Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama to senators: Change the way you do business

By Ken Thomas - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Michigan's Al Glick Field House, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Obama decries rising cost of college education

By Jim Kuhnhenn and Kimberly Hefling - Associated Press

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat (Associated Press)

House Democrats say they’ll put up stiffer defense of their record

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration: Telecom regulation by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

MAY: Re-reforming telecom regulation

By Randolph J. May - The Washington Times

Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat

Senate clears way for hike to $16.4T debt limit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, New York Democrat (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bill would ban using Hill data for profit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (Associated Press)

Panetta says 2013 defense budget to cut land forces

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, talks Jan. 24, 2012, to reporters on Capitol Hill following the Republicans' weekly strategy session. (Associated Press)

Senate paves way for final debt increase

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, criticizes Republicans as being responsible for a "do-nothing Congress" during a news conference on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Democrats urged to tout accomplishments

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Jan. 24, 2012, file photo, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. Army plans to slash the number of combat brigades from 45 to as low as 32, and broadly restructure its fighting force to save money and cut the size of the service by about 80,000 soldiers, according to U.S. officials familiar with the plans. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Politics of defense cuts: Emphasize the positive

By Donna Cassata and Robert Burns - Associated Press

Rep. Barney Frank (right), Massachusetts Democrat, plans to marry his longtime partner, Jim Ready (left), who is from Maine. No date has been set. (Associated Press)

Frank announces plans to marry his longtime partner; no date set

By Andrew Miga - Associated Press

Democrats press for Koch testimony on Keystone XL

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times