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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Sen. Patty Murray (left), Washington Democrat, face reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 28, 2016, as the Senate split along party lines and left a $1.1 billion proposal to fight the Zika virus in limbo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Harry Reid: ‘We’ve taken a bite out of the NRA,’ confident of gun-control deal this year

By Tom Howell Jr. and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat, speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 17, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democratic senators: Terror watch list ban could have blocked Orlando shooter from buying guns

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Hillary Clinton smiles at her presidential primary election night rally Tuesday in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton wins in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Bernie Sanders takes Rhode Island

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE--In this Jan. 20, 2016 file photo, Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, D-Long Beach, speaks during a joint legislative budget hearing on transportation in Albany, N.Y. Kaminsky faces Republican Chris McGrath in the April 19 Senate election for the seat long held by ex-Senate Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican convicted last year of using his position to obtain payments and jobs for his son. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Long Island Senate race holds wider implications for Albany

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks on Super Tuesday primary election night at the White and Gold Ballroom at The Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump drives Republican turnout to record; Democrats lack enthusiasm

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Only one percent of Republicans say they use marijuana, a new Gallup poll finds. (GOP)

Inside the Beltway: 1 percent of Republicans use pot

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this June 17, 2015, photo, President Barack Obama looks out as he sits on stage as Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks during her investiture ceremony at the Warner Theatre in Washington. Critics have long predicted that Obama&#8217;s policy to shift America&#8217;s focus toward Asia is doomed. The legislative battle over his trade agenda could prove the acid test. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trade deal revived; House approves ‘fast-track’ powers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Alejandro Mayorkas, the deputy secretary whose previous tenure as the head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is under scrutiny, said when he did intervene in visa cases, it was to make sure his agency was following the law, not to give special treatment. (Associated Press)

Alejandro Mayorkas can’t remember Democrats seeking visa favors, only Republicans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"I think that a lot of people in this country without party labels agree that we need to be pro-life, and lives are worth saving," Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, told CNA at last week's annual March for Life. (CBS News via Associated Press)

Why the pro-life movement needs Democrats

By Matt Hadro - Catholic News Agency

Sen. Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Bipartisanship is textbook example of insanity

By Judson Phillips

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined by Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, about the looming fight over terrorism insurance. As Congress races to its lame-duck finish, time is running out on a government program that provides a backstop to private-sector insurance against terrorist attacks.The program was enacted after the Sept. 11 attacks and has been renewed twice. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi strategizes for budget talks: ‘Stay together, we have leverage’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

On the last day before Congress takes a five-week summer recess, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to reporters about Republicans pushing through legislation to launch a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, after accusing him of deliberately exceeding the bounds of his constitutional authority, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Democrats have branded the effort a political charade and an effort by top Republicans to mollify conservatives who want Obama to be impeached. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Nancy Pelosi re-elected by House Democrats as minority leader

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with more than 20 foreign defense ministers on the ongoing operations against the Islamic State group, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Obama and military chiefs in a show of strength against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

From hope to nope: Respect for Obama plummets in eyes of Americans

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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Michael Bloomberg can’t find enough anti-gun candidates to support

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2014 file photo, former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, center, is mobbed by media as he gets into a car with his son, Bobby, right, after he and his wife, former first lady Maureen McDonnell, were convicted on multiple counts of corruption at Federal Court in Richmond, Va. Now that the guilty verdicts on public corruption are in, attention turns to the McDonnells' Jan. 6 sentencing and subsequent appeal. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Poll: Virginia voters agree with verdict in McDonnell case

By Matthew Cella - The Washington Times

Supporters stand behind Democratic members of Congress during a rally in support of a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Senate debates limiting campaign cash by altering First Amendment

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 13, 2014, photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds her memoir "Hard Choices" at Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, in Vineyard Haven, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, during a book signing event for her memoir "Hard Choices." Clinton's split with President Barack Obama over a foreign policy "organizing principle" isn't likely to be the last time differences emerge between the two. How she handles those breaks could be among her biggest challenges to a successful run for president in 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Inside the Beltway: Democrats: Prepare to batten down the hatches

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Rep. Greg Walden, Oregon Republican and National Republican Campaign Committee chairman, said he envisions the GOP holding at least 245 seats in the House after November, even the group's Democratic counterpart raised $23 million more this election cycle. (Associated Press)

Democrats may win at fundraising but still lose to GOP at polls

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Ralph Reed, founder of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, says his group's three-day "Road to Majority" conference beginning June 19 will feature a host of conservative luminaries as speakers. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: ‘From Benghazi to Bergdahzi’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times