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FDA chief will testify at first meningitis hearing

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - 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

Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, speaks in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House tea party icons face re-election challenges

By Alan Fram and Brian Bakst - Associated Press

Former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, a tea party favorite, is facing stiff opposition in her congressional re-election campaign from Democrat Jim Graves. (Associated Press)

House challengers up effort against GOP stalwarts

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill makes a point about Republican challenger Rep. W. Todd Akin on Sept. 21 during their first debate in the U.S. Senate race in Missouri. A surge in GOP voter turnout in the past decade increases Mr. Akin’s chances of winning. Republicans also credit a strong evangelical faction and a shift in party preference by rural voters. (Associated Press)

GOP gains in Missouri over decade can aid Akin

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

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Get Out: ‘I Love to Eat’

By Samantha Sault - Special to The Washington Times

Gay or bisexual candidates for Congress in the November election include (top row from left) Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Democrat; Rep. David Cicilline, Rhode Island Democrat; Sean Patrick Maloney, New York Democrat; (bottom row from left) former state legislator Richard Tisei, Massachusetts Republican; former state Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona Democrat; and Mark Takano, California Democrat. (AP Photo)

Record number of gays seeking seats in Congress

By David Crary - Associated Press

Allen B. West

It’s a whole new brew for brash tea party hero West

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Christopher P. Gibson, New York Republican. (Associated Press)

New York Democrats seek to spoil tea party in Hill races

By Michael Hill - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican.

GOP senators berate Obama over looming defense cuts

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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MILLER: Capitol hand out to Romney

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Lafe Solomon, general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, is accused by the agency’s inspector general of a conflict of interest involving holding stock in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Mr. Solomon has sold the stock and denied any wrongdoing. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)

IG says NLRB lawyer violated code of ethics

By Sam Hananel - Associated Press

** FILE ** Rep. Darrell E. Issa tells the media that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. must provide Congress with the requested documents in the "Fast and Furious" probe in this June 20, 2012, file photo. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

D.C. budget autonomy bid in limbo on the Hill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Analysts see GOP holding House

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

“The heroes who fought for their country overseas shouldn’t have to fight for a job once they get home.” - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers court the veterans vote and wait to go home

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, is the House majority whip. (Associated Press)

Congress to take up a stopgap spending bill

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Abortion issue sets tone  for attracting women at DNC

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Washington Mayor Vincent C. Gray (left) advocates for D.C. statehood in front of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Committee on State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs at the New Hampshire Statehouse in Concord, N.H., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Gray takes D.C. rights lobbying to convention

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Alan Grayson, Florida Democrat (Associated Press)

On left and right, firebrands are hot on the Web

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this July 8, 2009, file photo, Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., speaks during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

House members’ VIP loans excluded from subpoena

By Larry Margarsak - Associated Press