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** FILE ** Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin pauses while organizing the start of an Election Day demonstration on the lawn of the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 2, 2010. (Associated Press)

Tea Party Patriots call key GOP firing a declaration of war

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Vice President Joseph R. Biden smiles while hosting a reception at the Naval Observatory in Washington, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Joe Biden admits his ancestors were illegal immigrants

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

John Boehner says GOP should support gay candidates: ‘I do’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP launches candidate training: How to talk to women

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Tim Brinton

TAUBE: John Boehner’s critics want to show him the door

By Michael Taube

** FILE ** Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks past reporters after a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

John Boehner must go, say 60 percent of Americans: poll

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Armed Services Committee member Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican (Associated Press)

Senator: Deal to avoid default and open government

By Alan Fram and Donna Cassata - Associated Press

In this Oct. 14, 2013, photo, the U.S. Capitol is seen as a partial government shutdown enters its third week, in Washington. As talks between Republican and Democratic leaders lumber on in Washington, the American public sees an economic crisis looming if Congress is unable to raise the country&#8217;s debt ceiling. But the people seem just as conflicted on the issue as their elected representatives. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House postpones vote on bill to reopen govt. and avoid default

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Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, and his allies in Congress say they are determined to make the Affordable Care Act work no matter what stands in their way. The GOP, however, is not relenting. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Sen. Ben Cardin to Boehner, GOP: ‘Put down the gun’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Debt-limit holiday, supercommittee proposed to end shutdown impasse

By Seth McLaughlin and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to M. Luis Construction, which specializes in asphalt manufacturing, concrete paving, and roadway reconstruction, in Rockville, Md., Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama uses American tales of shutdown woe to pressure GOP on spending bill

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Speaker of the House John Boehner, R- Ohio, pauses during a news conference after a House Republican Conference meeting about the ongoing budget fight on Capitol Hill on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

John Boehner vows deal on debt, at whatever cost

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama gestures during a statement on the government shutdown in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

MILLER: Democrats peddle delusions to raise money off the shutdown

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

**FILE** Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, and GOP leaders talk to reporters following a Republican strategy session at the Capitol on Sept. 10, 2013. (Associated Press)

Boehner bashes Obama in mocking video; says Obama will deal with Putin, not GOP

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, following a meeting between President Obama and congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. Mr. Boehner said he will support the president's call for the U.S. to take action against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use and said his Republican colleagues should support the president, too. (Associated Press)

White House wins over top lawmakers on Syria

By Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks June 6, 2013, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Benghazi truth-seekers use billboards to push Boehner

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican (Associated Press)

‘Inexcusable’: Boehner, Cantor blast Rep. Steve King for drug mule comments

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Ron Perlman speaks at "Pacific Rim" panel at Comic-Con on July 14, 2012 in San Diego, Calif. (Associated Press)

‘Pacific Rim’ actor Ron Perlman advocates punching Darrell Issa to 100K Twitter followers

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaks during the NAACP 1st Congressional District political forum on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, in Goose Creek, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

Ex-S.C. Gov. Sanford reclaims House seat in comeback

By Andrew Miga - Associated Press

** FILE ** Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, responds to President Obama's State of the Union speech during an interview with The Associated Press at his Capitol office in Washington on Feb. 13, 2013. (Associated Press)

John Boehner’s daughter weds Jamaican once busted for marijuana possession

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times