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TV channel squeeze proposed to pay for tax cuts

By ANICK JESDANUN - Associated Press

WALKER: Washington must face fiscal reality

By David M. Walker - The Washington Times

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

House GOP tries flanking move to avoid looming shutdown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Just in time for the remaining presidential debates and upcoming primaries: the lives of Republican hopefuls, as told in graphic-style comic books. (images from Bluewater Productions)

Inside the Beltway

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Illustration: Rangel by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

BERMAN: Electromagnetic pulse a real threat

By Ilan Berman - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ROTUNDA: Kagan must recuse from Obamacare case

By Ronald D. Rotunda - The Washington Times

GOP tries to reclaim overpayments

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, listens as President Obama speaks July 7, 2011, during a meeting with Congressional leadership to discuss the debt in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (Associated Press)

Press turns out a recent glut of ‘rare bipartisan’ breakthroughs

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, accompanied by fellow Republican leaders, meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, before a crucial vote on a GOP effort to renew an extension of the payroll-tax cut. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Poll: Most Americans want payroll tax extension

By Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican

Amendments to balance budget rejected by Senate

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Senate panel acts against lawmaker insider trading

By Larry Margasak - Associated Press

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FBI director challenges Congress on detainees

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

**FILE** Maryland House Minority Leader Anthony J. O'Donnell (Associated Press)

O’Donnell, challenging Hoyer, to keep leadership role

By David Hill - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. John McCain (center), Arizona Republican and ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, flanked by Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (left), Arizona Republican, and fellow committee member Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican, speaks Dec. 14, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill to announce an effort to replace the defense sequester mandated as a result of the supercommittee's failure. (Associated Press)

White House says no veto of defense bill

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the top Republican budget writer in the House, has a new plan for Medicare - devised with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon - that would set up a regulated competition with private insurance. (Associated Press)

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sen. Claire McCaskill and her husband agreed Monday to pay more than $287,000 in overdue property taxes on a private airplane she used for official business. She had used the aircraft for a political trip. "Millionaire Claire McCaskill wants to simply write yet another big check and hope people won't ask any more questions," said Republican Party official Rob Jesmer. (Associated Press)

LAMBRO: Earmarks - by a different name

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

CHALLENGE: "The Senate can take up our bill and amend it, or it can pass its own bill. But the Democrats who run the Senate can't continue to shirk their responsibility to govern," says House Speaker John A. Boehner. (Associated Press)

GOP ties payroll tax to oil pipeline

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, sponsor of one of two rival balanced-budget amendment measures, called the proposal a historic opportunity to lower the nation's $15 trillion debt. (Associated Press)

Amendments to balance budget facing hurdles

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration by Donna Grethen

CARDENAS: Balanced budget amendment vote a turning point

By Al Cardenas - The Washington Times

Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, one of several ex-members of Congress to become a successful lobbyist, is shown in this 2011 file photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Inside the Beltway

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times