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**FILE** U.S. Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin looks to the north on June 13, 2013, near where the border wall ends as is separates Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego. (Associated Press)

Border security deal boosts immigration bill’s chances in Senate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** In a Aug. 24, 2005, file photo, Reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow adjusts her sterile bonnet as she heads into a micro-surgical procedure at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland Clinic has done the nation's first almost total face transplant, a hospital spokeswoman said Tuesday, Dec.16, 2008. Dr. Maria Siemionow replaced 80 percent of a woman's face with that of a dead female donor. The hospital spokeswoman said that the operation was done a couple weeks ago.

Immigration bill boosts costs of ‘Obamacare’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18, 2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (Associated Press)

CBO: Immigration bill only stops 25 percent of illegal immigration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrat and ranking member on the House Budget Committee, speaks about the budget at the 2013 Fiscal Summit in Washington on May 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

Feds dole out $900 billion in big tax breaks in 2013

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

For many investors, the more than halving of the deficit from a high of $1.55 trillion during the depths of the recession is the latest sign that the economy finally has turned the corner and is on a solidly upward path. (Associated Press)

Tax timing, Fannie and Freddie help cut federal deficit in half

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The deficit dip

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

YOUNG: The ripple effect of high unemployment

By J.T. Young

**FILE** Copies of President Obama's budget plan for fiscal year 2014 are distributed to Senate staff on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 10, 2013. (Associated Press)

Federal deficit to drop well below $1 trillion

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Maine Gov. Paul LePage takes a sip from a coffee mug displaying a "no new taxes" message, April 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)

Tax increases begin to ease budget deficit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Immigration reform activists hold a sign in front of Freedom Tower in downtown Miami on Jan. 28, 2013. The Florida Immigrant Coalition, together with other immigrant families and community organizations, have initiated the "Di Que Si!" campaign, which translates into English "I said yes!," demanding immigration reform that creates a system that keeps families united. (Associated Press)

CBO to issue estimates more favorable to immigration-reform bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Obama advisers to blame sequester if budget numbers don’t add up

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Illustration Massive Spending by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

YOUNG: Washington still doesn’t get it

By J.T. Young

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada (right) and Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, face reporters Thursday on Capitol Hill to talk about the automatic government spending cuts that take effect Friday. (Associated Press)

Even at 2.3%, sequester cuts can cause some pain

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration: Obama spending by John Camejo for The Washington Times

GHEI: America’s spending addiction

By Nita Ghei

Illustration: Milking taxpayers by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Treating terrible economy with higher taxes

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

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LAMBRO: Bystander-in-chief wedded to failure

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf speaks about the office's annual Budget and Economic Outlook during a news conference at the Ford House Office Building in Washington on Feb. 5, 2013. (Associated Press)

CBO projects 1st federal deficit under $1T of Obama’s tenure

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

$** FILE ** This Dec. 5, 2012, photo shows an oil pump jack in a field adjacent to a sub-division near Fredrick, Colo. Citizen fears about hydraulic fracturing, a drilling procedure used to pry oil and gas from rock deep underground, have made "fracking" the hottest political question in Colorado.$

CBO underestimated potential revenues from expanded drilling, study finds

By Edward Felker and EnergyGuardian - Washington Guardian

Illustration Obama 2.0 by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GHEI: New year, same economy

By Nita Ghei

** FILE ** President Obama acknowledges House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, while speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2012, as he hosts a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and the economy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U.S. economy could handle short fall over ‘fiscal cliff’

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press