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**FILE** Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican

Welfare spending jumps 32% during Obama’s presidency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** An illegal immigrant from El Salvador is searched June 26, 2012, on the tarmac at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz., as the sun rises prior to boarding an MD-80 aircraft for a repatriation flight of 80 immigrants to their home country. (Associated Press)

Report cites killings blamed on non-deported illegals

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama speaks April 30, 2012, in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama raises legal eyebrows with executive privilege claim

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama (left) speaks Feb. 9, 2012, in Washington about a settlement with the nation's five largest banks over foreclosures. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is in the background. (Associated Press)

Scholars doubt White House privilege claim

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Jessica Santana, a staffer since February for Rep. Donald A. Manzullo, Illinois Republican, helps seat people arriving for a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday. Ms. Santana will need a new employer next year, as Mr. Manzullo will be leaving Congress in January. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Congressional staffers, public shortchanged by high turnover, low pay

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, says a Republican president "could absolutely gut the vast majority" of the health care law by executive order. (Associated Press)

Altering health law by executive order a no-go, report says

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Report on tax breaks a revealing read

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

77,000 federal workers paid more than governors

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sebelius

GOP to Sebelius: Don’t cover abortions

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Environmental laws put gaps in Mexico border security

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Plot illustrates Balkans’ role as Islamist foothold

Plot illustrates Balkans’ role as Islamist foothold