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House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, followed by Rep. Greg Walden, Oregon Republican, strides into a GOP strategy session on Capitol Hill singing "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" on Dec. 16, 2011, the morning after lawmakers from both political parties came together on an 11th-hour deal to keep the government from shutting down. (Associated Press)

House passes funding bill, averts shutdown

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Barack Obama pauses during a news conference, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, in the White House briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

MILLER: Obama wants to steal Christmas

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, is the Senate majority leader.

Leaders block quick Senate vote on payroll tax

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper appeared in front of reporters Dec. 7, 2011, to answer questions after meeting at the White House about border issues, including the Keystone oil pipeline project. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama says he’ll block GOP pipeline maneuver

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama urges Republican lawmakers to extend the payroll-tax cut in remarks to reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama seizes advantage on payroll-tax cut

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

After a meeting with GOP members of the supercommittee, House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks to vote on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 16, 2011. (Associated Press)

Boehner: War drawdown savings can’t go to jobs

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

Supercommittee deadlocked with deadline approaching

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

With reporters looking for an update Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat and co-chairman of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, walks through the Capitol after a closed-door meeting with Democratic members of the supercommittee. The panel faces a Nov. 23 deadline to come up with a plan. (Associated Press)

GOP’s Boehner embraces tax-raising plan

By David Espo and Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican (Associated Press)

Boehner: House will have own roads plan

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

** FILE ** CBS newsman Bob Schieffer (right) shakes hands with CNN's Howard Kurtz as they arrive for Walter Cronkite's funeral at St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue in New York on Thursday, July 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

MILLER: Schieffer smokes out the GOP

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Divergent debt plans highlight partisan divide

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

TONELSON: Boehner no Gipper on undervaluation bill

By Alan Tonlenson - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, finishes a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner still defiant on China currency bill

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, addresses the third annual Washington Ideas Forum at the Newseum in Washington on Oct. 6, 2011. (Associated Press)

Boehner praises Obama’s anti-terror efforts

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

China currency sanctions hit snag on Hill

By Sean Lengell and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Lindsey Graham (left), South Carolina Republican, confers Oct. 3, 2011, with Sen. Chuck Schumer, New York Democrat, following a vote that clears the way for debate on a bill that would impose tariffs on Chinese imports as a penalty for currency manipulation on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Boehner dismisses move to punish China on currency

Associated Press

Obama stumps for jobs stimulus plan

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times