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A man, who asked to be identified only as "Frank", carries and "Impeach Obama" sign while protesting with others outside the White House in Washington Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, as the partial government shutdown enters its third week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Spending stumbling block to budget deal

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Radio host and columnist Armstrong Williams. (Image courtesy of New Chapter Publisher)

WILLIAMS: We, the people, are trapped on a ship of fools

By Armstrong Williams

Mike Lauriente (right) of Howard County, Md., greets fellow World War II veteran Dale Nakken, who flew from Puget Sound, Wash., as they make their way to the World War II Memorial for the Million Vet March against the closure of the monument. Story, A12. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Lots of talk, little action on debt deal in Congress

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

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, listens to a reporter's question about their meeting with Senate Republicans regarding the government shutdown and debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Reset: New round of talks begin after negotiations collapse

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Reid says House debt offer won’t work

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner, (R-Ohio) speaks at a press conference with Republicans at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 10, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Obama will consider signing GOP’s 6-week extension on debt ceiling

By Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses while speaking about the ongoing budget battle, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

GOP relents, offers to raise debt limit; White House mulling proposal

By Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid stood his ground against Republicans during a budget battle in October 2013. (Associated Press/File)

Democrats say they will consider GOP’s six-week debt ceiling offer

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Reid to D.C. mayor: ‘I’m on your side, don’t screw it up’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** David Koch, executive vice president of Koch Industries, attends a meeting of the Economic Club of New York on April 11, 2011. (Associated Press)

Koch Industries: We’re not controlling the shutdown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., participate in a news conference after a House Republican conference meeting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama stiff-arms GOP over shutdown, default talks

By Seth McLaughlin and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas epitomizes a new generation of headstrong conservatives. He has become a hot commodity since his all-night filibuster on the Senate floor in an effort to stop President Obama's Affordable Care Act from taking effect, but has upset the GOP establishment. (Associated Press)

Cruz control: Inside GOP’s great divide on Obamacare

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, after a procedural vote on a bill to fund the government. Potential 2016 presidential candidates now in Congress, including Mr. Paul, have been relatively silent about a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Rand Paul: ‘There’s no reason for us to default’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

llegal immigrant advocates interrupted Sen. Ted Cruz’s speech to the Values Voters Summit on Friday more than a dozen times on, calling on the Texas Republican and potential presidential candidate to support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. “How scared is the president?” Mr. Cruz said. “Oh, they don’t want the truth to be heard. They definitely don’t want the truth to be heard.” (Associated Press)

Love him or hate him, Sen. Ted Cruz stirs up political passion

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaking ABC's "This Week" on Sunday said that he will not allow a debt increase without winning some concessions on lowering spending. "We are not going down that path. It is time to deal with America's problems. How can you raise the debt limit and do nothing about the underlying problem?" (Associated Press)

Debt fight to escalate shutdown showdown; Boehner attaches Obamacare strings

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to a Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. Boehner is struggling between Democrats that control the Senate and GOP conservatives in his caucus who insist any funding legislation must also kill or delay the nation's new health care law. Added pressure came from President Barack Obama who pointedly blamed Boehner on Thursday for keeping federal agencies closed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House approves retroactive pay for furloughed government workers

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., tells reporters that Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Republicans are the obstacle to ending the government shutdown crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. President Barack Obama brought congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday for the first time since a partial government shutdown began, but there was no sign of progress toward ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal workers and curbed services around the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Reid apologizes for nasty tone on Senate floor

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., pauses outside the West Wing of the White House after meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Obama and congressional leaders met at the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate Democrats block reopening of NIH, national parks

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: A grand bargain

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, dark clouds pass over the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

PRUDEN: The cheap tricks of the game

By Wesley Pruden