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Rep. Jeff Landry, Louisiana Republican, at a debt reduction event on Feb. 1

MILLER: Tea Party on the Hill

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Social Security checks are printed. (Associated Press)

Retiring later a tough sell in cutting deficit

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Priests, bishops and cardinals process up the aisle at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. for the Catholic mass that was part of the Youth Rally and Mass for Life Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Pro-life activists take to National Mall for annual march

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama speaks Jan. 19, 2012, about a new strategy to boost tourism and travel during a visit to the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Associated Press)

Obama’s State of the Union will reflect state of the election

By Susan Crabtree and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, during a forum on jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republicans fume as Obama rejects Keystone pipeline

By Tim Devaney and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks Dec. 20, 2011, to the House floor in the Capitol in Washington. (Associated Press)

GOP maps strategy in wake of payroll tax debacle

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks Dec. 22, 2011, about extending the payroll-tax cut during a briefing on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Tax bill set for increasingly rare conference committee

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Some lawmakers suspected that House Speaker John A. Boehner had acquiesced in the two-month extension of payroll tax cuts that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell worked out, and he was challenged on it in a closed-door meeting. Mr. Boehner bristled at the accusation, according to several participants, and denied it flatly. (Associated Press)

Analysis: Isolated on payroll tax, GOP blinks

By David Espo - Associated Press

House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is followed by reporters after holding a news conference on the payroll tax cut on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Congress approves short-term payroll tax, unemployment benefits

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks Dec. 22, 2011, about extending the payroll-tax cut during a briefing on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

McConnell calls on House GOP to relent on tax impasse

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, is followed by reporters after holding a news conference on the payroll tax cut on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

House signs off on Senate plan for tax-cut extension

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat

Shortened session shows divide over tax cut

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Majority Leader Harry Reid and fellow Democratic senators came in for criticism from House Speaker John A. Boehner, who said, "The Democrats who run Washington have a responsibility to act." (Associated Press)

LAMBRO: Reid’s legislative trap

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks Dec. 20, 2011, to the House floor in the Capitol in Washington. (Associated Press)

House vote puts tax cut in limbo

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio tells reporters on Capitol Hill on Sept. 22, 2011, that there will not be a government shutdown despite the failure of the continuing resolution on the previous day. (Associated Press)

MILLER: A Christmas political pageant

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner (Rod A. Lamkey/The Washington Times)

Deal on payroll-tax cut starts to unravel

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, photo provided by NBC News, Speaker of the House, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, appears on NBC's "Meet the Press" in Washington. House Republicans said Sunday they oppose a bipartisan, Senate-approved bill that extends a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months and said congressional bargainers need to write a new version lasting a longer time. "It's pretty clear I and our members oppose the Senate bill," Boehner said, adding, "I believe two months is just kicking the can down the road." (AP Photo, NBC News, William B. Plowman)

Boehner rejects deal on payroll tax

By David Eldridge and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner (center), Ohio Republican, flanked by Rep. Jeb Hensarling (left), Texas Republican, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, briefs reporters Dec. 16, 2011, on Capitol Hill after lawmakers from both political parties came together on an 11th-hour deal to keep the government from shutting down. (Associated Press)

Boehner: Pipeline project will stay in tax bill

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times