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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (left), with House Speaker John A. Boehner, speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, following a meeting with President Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. Mr. Obama's re-election has stiffened Democrats' spine against cutting popular benefit programs such as Medicare and Social Security. Their new resolve could become as big a hurdle to reaching a deal for skirting economy-crippling tax increases and spending cuts in January as Republicans' resistance to raising tax rates on the wealthy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

MILLER: Standoff at the ‘fiscal cliff’

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks about the looming financial crisis to reporters at the House Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Lot of movement, no progress on ‘fiscal cliff’: Tax increases vs. spending cuts

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Support grows for curbing filibuster

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

MILLER: Harry Reid goes nuclear

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

A Wall Street sign hangs near the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

Stocks slide on ‘fiscal cliff’ warning

By Steve Rothwell - Associated Press

"The first thing is the most important thing. Do away with motion to proceed. Just do away with it.” - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat (Associated Press)

Reid threatens filibuster change

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Reid to GOP senators: No select committee for Libya

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, is congratulated by House congresswomen, as she announces that she will stay on at that post at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Pelosi wants to remain House minority leader

By Sean Lengell and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi introduces newly elected Democratic members of the House on Tuesday. She said it would not be “a good thing for our country for us to go over the cliff.” (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Lawmakers urge compromise, but refuse to budge from ‘cliff’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner says the GOP will make a deal to let the government collect more tax revenue. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

‘Fiscal cliff’ nudges deal-making talk

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Charlene Gomez leads an orientation seminar for illegal immigrants in Los Angeles. Schools and consulates have been flooded with requests for documents since the Obama administration earlier this year said many young illegal immigrants may be eligible for two-year renewable work permits. (Associated Press)

Democrats see strengthened hand on pushing immigration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, holds a press conference on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Mr. Reid said he intends to change Senate filibuster rules following President Obama's win in the general election the previous day and that he hopes Republicans will work with the Democrats to solve some of the country's major issues. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Reid moves to limit GOP filibusters

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Marion, Ohio, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Munden)

Reid would test Romney vow of bipartisanship

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks Sept. 19, 2012, with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Sen. Reid leaves hospital after Vegas car crash

By Michelle Rindels - Associated Press

Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is on the campaign trail tending to important races in his home state.

Hill leaders emerge as niche players in national campaign

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

Illustration: Obama's truth by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

TYRRELL: More reasons for Obama to go

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, announces July 31, 2012, to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington that he and GOP House Speaker John Boehner have reached an agreement to keep the government running on autopilot for six months when the current budget year ends on Sept. 30. (Associated Press)

Unproductive Congress skips town until November

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Sept. 17, 2012, to reporters in Costa Mesa, Calif. (Associated Press)

Romney tax release appears to undercut Democratic charges

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Illustration Stabbing the Hand that Feeds You by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

PAUL: Demanding justice from Libya, Egypt and Pakistan

By Sen. Rand Paul

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No-shame Biden

The Washington Times