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President Obama speaks Nov. 22, 2011, about jobs at Manchester High School Central in Manchester, N.H. (Associated Press)

Obama urges GOP to break vow, raise taxes

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, emerges from a closed-door meeting with fellow Democratic members of the supercommittee at the Capitol on Nov. 16, 2011. (Associated Press)

Congress may try blocking cuts if debt panel fails

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, fends off reporters as he arrives to meet in the Capitol Hill office of Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, with other Supercommittee members as time for action by the deficit reduction panel grows short, Monday Nov. 21, 2011, of Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Deficit supercommittee announces failure

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Supercommittee member Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, gestures Nov. 21, 2011, during a TV interview on Capitol Hill about the deficit reducing panel's unfinished work. (Associated Press)

Panel set to fail to cut deficit $1.2 trillion

Associated Press

From left: Specialists James Denaro, Christopher Culhane and Glenn Carell work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 21, 2011. (Associated Press)

The supercommittee sell-off: Dow loses almost 250

By Daniel Wagner and Matthew Craft - Associated Press

First lady Michelle Obama (right) speaks Nov, 21, 2011, at the White House before President Obama (left) signs legislation that will provide tax credits to help put veterans back to work. (Associated Press)

White House blames GOP in supercommittee stalemate

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former Rep. Debbie Halvorson (AP Photo)

‘Ethical distraction’ dogs Jackson

By Henry C. Jackson and Deanna Bellandi - Associated Press

President Obama, donning a traditional Ikat shirt Friday at a summit dinner in Indonesia, is spreading the message far and wide that the American worker has let down his nation. (Associated Press)

CURL: Obama’s growing disdain for American worker

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., arrives for a meeting with bipartisan members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, often called the supercommittee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. budget woes could hit European missile defense

By Desmond Butler - Associated Press

Mortgage Q&A: Fixing the housing crisis

By Henry Savage SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Gingrich defends Freddie Mac work

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

Illustration: Balanced budget

BOEHNER et al.: Balanced Budget Amendment now

By Speaker John A. Boehner and 24 other representatives - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn

Congress OKs $128B spending bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction meets on Capitol Hill last month. Supercommittee members (from left) are Rep. Fred Upton, Rep. Xavier Becerra, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Jon Kyl, Sen. Max Baucus, Sen. Rob Portman, Sen. John F. Kerry and Sen. Patrick J. Toomey. (Associated Press)

U.S. pols risk fate of Europe’s leaders in debt mess

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

CROWD PLEASER: GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich presses the flesh Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla. "The surge of support for me is a result of a steady focus on substance, on large-solution proposals," he says. (Associated Press)

Gingrich sees himself as man of substance

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Army Maj. Sequana Robinson models a woman's combat uniform on Saturday, March 31, 2011, at Fort Belvoir, Va. (Associated Press)

Agreement elusive on women in combat

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

Coburn: Congress shirking oversight duties

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican and House Budget Committee chairman. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal debt tops $15 trillion

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton was among three D.C. officials Wednesday to turn down a budget-autonomy deal Tuesday offered by a Republican lawmaker. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

D.C. spurns budget-autonomy deal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Chris Van Hollen (The Washington Times)

Dems say dropping automatic cuts would be a mistake

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times