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PATTERSON: With strong stance on immigration, GOP could capture Senate

By Robert W. Patterson

Illustration on the Democratic party in trouble by William Brown/Tribune Content Agency

LAMBRO: Democrats’ bad poll numbers getting worse

By Donald Lambro

Elliot Crown of New York parades in a costume called "Fossil Fool." The goal of signing a climate deal could better be facilitated more by strategic negotiations rather than distracting protest marches. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: The spectacle of global warming

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters following a Democratic policy lunch at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Reid is working to ensure that a nuclear waste dump in his home state of Nevada remains mothballed even though the government has spent $15 billion on it. Some Republicans are talking about trying to revive the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump if their party takes control of the Senate in November. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats drop off tickets to help Harry Reid keep Senate control

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, after a Democratic caucus luncheon. Reid said Democrats are likely to remove a major roadblock preventing Congress from passing legislation authorizing sanctions on Russia and providing aid to Ukraine. He added that it appears that Democrats have agreed on a way to move the legislation forward without a provision affecting the International Monetary Fund. He says he feels strongly about IMF reforms, but that it&#8217;s important to assist Ukraine and hit Russia with sanctions over its military incursion into Crimea. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Reid moves to ensure nuclear dump stays dead

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Illustration on the disruptive element of independent candidates by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

KEENE: The third-party candidate conundrum

By David Keene - The Washington Times

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PHILLIPS: The dirty secret of Harry Reid’s war against the First Amendment

By Judson Phillips

This Jan. 8, 2013, file photo shows the Capitol reflected in the windows of the Newseum, on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

GOP blocks Democrats’ push to rewrite First Amendment campaign spending

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. arrives to speak with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, before joining other congressional leaders at the White House for a meeting with President Barack Obama. In advance of the crucial midterm elections, Reid has been criticizing special interest campaign spending as being undemocratic, with a special focus on the billionaire Koch brothers who have contributed large sums to conservative groups that are spending millions against Democratic senators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid tells GOP to tune out Dick Cheney

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters after his speech at the Americans for Prosperity Summit in Dallas on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. He told the influential gathering of conservative activists Saturday that "we are part of a grassroots fire that is sweeping this country." (AP Photo/Will Weissert)

Ted Cruz: Senate Democrats using ‘smoke and mirrors’ amendment to distract from midterms

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks at The Business of Water conference Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, in Las Vegas. The two-day conference drew more than 100 corporations, Main Street businesses, municipal water agencies and business associations, organizers said. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Harry Reid: ‘Radical’ Koch brothers ‘attempting to buy our democracy’

By Jessica Chasmar - 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

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. makes a cutting gesture across his neck, referencing House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who caused an uproar last week when he made the same gesture to order microphones cut as the top Democrat on his panel was trying to speak about the Internal Revenue Service scandal over targeting of conservative political groups, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Reid said that he thought the accusations of IRS misdeeds deserved answers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP dubs Sen. Harry Reid ‘king of gridlock,’ driver of Obama’s agenda

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

The Capitol will be bustling again as House and Senate members return from a five-week recess. Before heading back home for last-minute campaigning, lawmakers must get to work on several key bills — including a continuing resolution to extend funding for government agencies — improving on what has proved to be a decent year of progress, according to The Washington Times' Legislative Futility Index. (Associated Press)

Do-something Congress keeps on going

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. (Associated Press)

PHILLIPS: Lame duck and the political sports season in America

By Judson Phillips

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, takes questions from John Podesta, counselor to President Barack Obama, at the National Clean Energy Summit Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Hillary Clinton: US should lead on clean energy

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Diplomacy Center, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, at the State Department in Washington. Current Secretary of State John Kerry hosted five of his predecessors in a rare public reunion for the groundbreaking of a museum commemorating the achievements of American statesmanship. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Hillary Clinton’s energy speech seen as possible run-up to White House bid

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Reid the one not ‘doing his job’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Congressional Internet Regulation and Taxation Plan Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

HOPKINS: Choosing between two Internet evils

By Mary Kate Hopkins