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Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for intelligence briefings with members of Congress that included showing security camera footage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. (Associated Press)

Clapper widens audience for Benghazi tape

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey has resigned as chairman of the tea party group FreedomWorks in exchange for $8 million in consulting fees paid in annual $400,000 installments. The former Texas lawmaker also has left his position at its sister organization, FreedomWorks Foundation. (Associated Press)

Armey eased out of post in tea party

By Jack Gillum and Stephen Braun - Associated Press

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Watergate-style panel urged for Benghazi probe

The Washington Times

**FILE** Libyan civilians celebrate the raiding of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 21, 2012, after hundreds of Libyans, military and police raided the Brigades base. (Associated Press)

House GOP seeks Watergate-style probe of Benghazi attack

By Shaun Waterman - 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

Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, exits the room at the Capitol where he and other House GOP leaders met Wednesday to discuss the looming “fiscal cliff.” Amid changes of committee chairmanships, Mr. Ryan retains the Budget Committee gavel. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Hill panels play musical chairs

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration: GOP maze by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Silver lining to GOP’s gloomy performance

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Allen West, Florida Republican, is seen here during an Oct. 4, 2011, news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Allen West concedes in Fla. House race, leaves one black GOP lawmaker

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice is not fit to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state because she misled the nation about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, according to a letter sent by 97 House Republicans. (Associated Press)

House GOP letter slams Rice

By Jim Abrams - Associated Press

Whether House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will remain a party caucus leader after the election is one of the biggest mysteries on Capitol Hill. If the Democrats fail to win back the House, speculation of the party injecting new blood into its leadership only will increase. Mrs. Pelosi has remained tight-lipped on the matter. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Butchering the Constitution

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett was elected to the U.S. House in 1992, when he and fellow Republicans had to “be agreeable and get what you can, because Democrats always win.” (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Bartlett remembers ‘a very different world’ of politics

By David Hill - The Washington Times

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LAMBRO: Opening the door to a fiscal deal

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

After a seven-week pause, Congress returns Tuesday to a crowded agenda of unfinished business overshadowed by the urgent need for President Barack Obama and lawmakers to avert the economic double hit of tax increases and automatic spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bears, budgets, farmers top Congress to-do list

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, shown on stage by his wife, Judy, delivering a post-primary speech at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Orlando, Fla., placed third in the state's Republican contest tonight. Mr. Giuliani stopped short of announcing he was ending his run.

Republicans: Sooner or later, Petraeus must answer congressional questions on Benghazi

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Pass veterans’ bills now

The Washington Times

**FILE** A sign marks Wall Street in New York. (Associated Press)

Fearing ‘cliff,’ investors finish brutal week

By Steve Rothwell - Associated Press

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)

Obama, GOP leaders lay down markers on budget deal

By Nancy Benac - Associated Press

Illustration: Government by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

MEANS: Dysfunctional government might save us

By Grady Means - The Washington Times

Maryland Rep. Roscoe Bartlett gets his "Bartlett for Congress" sticker put on him by his chief of staff on Election Day outside of Grantsville Elementary School in Grantsville, Md., on Nov. 6, 2012. Bartlett, who is in a tight race against Democrat John Delaney, is visiting every county in his district on Election Day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

ELECTION 2012: Bartlett loses 11th-term bid to Delaney in Maryland’s 6th

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Illustration: Democratic Congress by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

RAHN: Congressional control as important as White House

By Richard W. Rahn - The Washington Times