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With a debt-ceiling deadline looming, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew reminds Congress of its responsibility to protect "the full faith and credit" of the U.S. (Associated Press)

Lew’s message to Congress on debt ceiling: It’s your responsibility

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (Associated Press)

Treasury’s Jack Lew warns against brinkmanship over debt ceiling

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Acting IRS commissioner Danny Werfel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 6, 2013. (Associated Press)

IRS report: We weren’t politically pressured; new chief halts screening criteria

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

IRS official Lois Lerner leaves a House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Ms. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. At left is former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman; at right is Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Neal S. Wolin. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Treasury official washes hands of IRS’ political targeting

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday May 15, 2013. Mr. Obama announced the resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama pushes out IRS chief, pledges to fix tax agency; move unlikely to end scandal

By Dave Boyer and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican (Associated Press)

Rubio calls for resignation of IRS chief over tea party scrutiny

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 16, 2013, before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Obama's fiscal 2014 federal budget. (Associated Press)

Spending cuts alone won’t save economy, Treasury head says

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 11, 2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing to defend President Obama's budget proposal for fiscal 2014. (Associated Press)

Treasury chief, House GOP struggle to find common ground

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew during the American official's visit to the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Beijing. Mr. Xi said China wants strong ties with Washington as he held talks with Mr. Lew in Mr. Xi's first meeting with a foreign official since being appointed president. (AP Photo/Feng Li, Pool)

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in China to talk N. Korea, cybersecurity, economics

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Jack Lew, who most recently served in Washington as President Obama's chief of staff, will fill the government’s top financial post at a time when the U.S. economy is still struggling. (Associated Press)

Lew approved to lead Treasury ‘No one more qualified,’ Obama says of former aide

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** White House Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (Associated Press)

Lew’s Treasury nomination goes to full Senate

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Jack Lew (center) shakes hands with former Sen. Pete Domenici, New Mexico Republican, before he and Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, testify Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee on Mr. Lew’s nomination to be Treasury secretary. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Lew pressed by Senate, but he stays on track for Treasury post

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

President Obama (right) and his chief of staff, Jack Lew, confer. Mr. Lew, who previously served as the president's Office of Management and Budget chief, is said to be under consideration for Treasury secretary. (Associated Press)

HEGSETH: A new Treasury pick but no hope for change

By Pete Hegseth - The Washington Times

Illustration Budget Blueprint by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

MEANS: Budgeting solution: Close down the OMB

By Grady Means

Jacob Lew

OMB nominee got $900,000 after Citigroup bailout

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Jacob J. "Jack" Lew, left, after announcing he has named Mr. Lew to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. (UPI/Ron Sachs/POOL)

Obama picks Lew as budget director

By Kara Rowland and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times