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Sen. Thomas R. Carper, Delaware Democrat (Associated Press)

Closing mail sorting plants put on hold

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama (Associated Press)

Obama seeks to leverage $1 trillion spending bill

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

Illustration: EPA regulations by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

MILLOY: Time to leash Obama’s EPA

By Steve Milloy - The Washington Times

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Republicans calling for reform cite $16B in unemployment overpayments

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Levin

House, Senate strike deal on defense bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich talk during a break in the Republican presidential debate on Dec. 10, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Associated Press)

Gingrich assailed by rivals, fires back at Romney

By Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

Illustration: Energy by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

DRIESSEN: American resources for U.S. recovery

By Paul Driessen - The Washington Times

NFL lobbies Congress on HGH testing

By Frederic J. Frommer - Associated Press

President Barack Obama walks across Pennsylvania Avenue from Blair House to the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, after visiting a holiday party. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House: GOP ‘playing politics’ with pipeline

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Democrat resists diluting Iran sanctions

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano faces a deadline set by the House Judiciary Committee to provide a list of illegal and criminal immigrants who have been flagged by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents but have not been detained or placed in removal proceedings. A possible contempt citation hangs over the department.

Napolitano faces contempt citation over list of immigrants ICE flagged

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Illustration: Piggy bank

MURDOCK: Congress should recall forgotten cash

By Deroy Murdock - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about Operation Fast and Furious on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Holder refuses to fire aides from Fast and Furious operation

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Newly printed $20 notes are seen at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Feds run deficit for 38th straight month

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this June 1, 2011, file photo, House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., listens outside the White House in Washington. It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning "the creditors are coming." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

MILLER: Breaking the spending cycle

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

** FILE ** California Rep. Kevin McCarthy. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

GOP bill attempts to rein in regulators

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Sen. Charles Grassley

Grassley: Justice Dept.’s Breuer needs to go

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Transportation Security Administration chief John S. Pistole. (Associated Press)

Feds use video surveillance to catch fraud for workers’ comp

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

SHAW: Lessons from Prohibition: I’ll drink to that

By Julia Shaw

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

Pentagon conducts budget war games

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times