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Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent, has his own bill, but it would make broader changes such as expanded access to alternative medicine and changes to GI Bill benefits. (Associated Press)

Veterans Affairs reform bill collapses

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

After winning Tuesday's Republican primary , businessman David Perdue immediately turned his focus to his Democratic rival Michelle Nunn, painting her as an Obama ally and saying she has to "defend the failed policies of the last six years." (Associated Press Photographs)

Perdue, Nunn square off in race for Georgia’s open Senate seat

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at a news conference after meeting with Gov. Rick Perry in Dallas about immigration on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama’s legacy may be a total lack of cooperation

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Obama to bypass Congress on infrastructure repair

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks July 8, 2014, to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Harry Reid: GOP’s Obamacare lawsuit is something out of ‘The People’s Court’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** The Tappan Zee Bridge is seen May 14, 2014, from a helicopter traveling with President Obama in Tarrytown, N.Y., where he will discuss the need for a 21st century transportation infrastructure. (Associated Press)

Obama to take executive actions on infrastructure this week

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Tea party-backed State Rep. Joe Carr hopes to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican who is backed by the GOP establishment. Tea party groups are supporting a number of Senate and House races across the country, in including some Kansas and Georgia. (Associated Press)

Tea party still has election hopes as chances dwindle

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio said Wednesday the Republican-controlled House will file an election-year lawsuit accusing President Barack Obama of failing to carry out the laws passed by Congress. In response, Earnest accused congressional Republicans of obstruction and said they had left Obama with little option but to make greater use of his executive authority. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House refuses to scale back executive actions amid Boehner lawsuit vow

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans', said of a potential cash infusion to the VA: "This is ludicrous. It is impossible for us to even start an intelligent conversation on what we put in legislation when we have numbers that are so grotesquely out of line." (Associated Press)

$50 billion price tag proves a stumbling block in VA bill

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., addresses supporters and volunteers at his runoff election victory party Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at the Mississippi Children's Museum in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ** FILE **

Cochran wins Mississippi primary runoff

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers talk cost of VA reform bills in early negotiations

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Jackie Speier, California Democrat. (Associated Press)

Oversight Democrats: IRS, agencies need IT help, not just criticism

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is joined by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, just after House Republicans voted to make McCarthy the new majority leader, replacing Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., who was defeated in his primary earlier this month, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who leads a conservative faction of lawmakers in the Republican Study Committee, was elected to be the new House majority whip, replacing McCarthy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Record breaker: Kevin McCarthy becomes least tenured floor leader in U.S. House history

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Senate Veterans Affairs Committee chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent, says he's hopeful the veterans health care bill the Senate passed Wednesday will be reconciled quickly with a similar measure passed unanimously by the House. (Associated press photographs)

House, Senate to begin negotiations on final vets bill

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

**FILE** In this Nov. 21, 2013, photo, newly-elected Rep. Vance McAllister, R-La., waits to be sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Watchdog seeks probe after lawmaker’s cash-for-votes remark

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

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EDITORIAL: IRS: ‘The dog ate the emails’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, is among those in his party who does not believe the Republicans have a substitute for Obamacare. "They've had five years to put a bold alternative on the floor," Mr. Hoyer said. (Associated Press)

Eric Cantor loss puts Obamacare alternative in jeopardy

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Booting Cantor bodes poorly for conservatives

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Richard J. Griffin, center, acting inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs, testifies as the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs holds a hearing to examine why thousands of military veterans have been waiting for up to three months for medical appointments, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 9, 2014. He is flanked by Philip Matkovsky, left, assistant deputy under secretary for health for administrative operations at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Linda A. Halliday, assistant inspector general for audits and evaluations at the Department of Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes bill for vets, calls on Senate to act

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times