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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, doesn't have "much of a leg to stand on" in his complaints about Senate Republicans preventing votes on more judicial nominees, a conservative critic contends. (Associated Press)

Senate GOP signals halt on circuit judge nominees

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder testifies June 12, 2012, on Capitol Hill before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing looking into national security leaks. (Associated Press)

Holder tells Cornyn in faceoff on gunrunning he won’t quit

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2012, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Holder spars with GOP members of House Judiciary panel

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s relationship with Congress has grown testier than any other Cabinet secretary as he has fended off various inquiries. (Associated Press)

Congress, Holder put relationship to the test

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

SIMMONS: Now walk the walk on Ward 5 talk

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told a Senate committee Wednesday that leaks threaten law enforcement operations, put sources' lives at risk and make it harder to recruit them, and damage ties with foreign law-enforcement partners. (Associated Press)

FBI probes bomb plot leaks

The Washington Times

**FILE** FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testifies on May 16, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Associated Press)

FBI probes bomb plot leaks

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Secret Service prostitution scandal that has embarrassed the White House and overshadowed the president's visit to a Latin American summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Napolitano: Secret Service scandal ‘inexcusable’

By Alicia A. Caldwell and Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

Illustration: Abortion by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

RUSE: Ending secret abortions for Teens

By Cathy Cleaver Ruse

Former Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, the architect of Arizona's controversial immigration law S.B. 1070, left, accompanied by former Arizona Sen. Dennis DeConcini, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, before the Senate Immigration, Refugees and Border Security subcommittee hearing titled "Examining the Constitutionality and Prudence of State and Local Governments Enforcing Immigration Law." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats to intercept Supreme Court ruling on immigration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republican opposition to reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act in its current form will "absolutely" be used against them as a campaign issue, according to (from left) Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, of New Hampshire, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, of California, and Sen. Patty Murray, of Washington, all Democrats. (Associated Press)

Clash over bill to protect women

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Special federal prosecutor Henry F. Schuelke III testifies on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington concerning the special counsel's report on the prosecution of the late Sen. Ted Stevens. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Senator rips misconduct in Stevens case

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

SMITH: Kagan and Obamacare - still no answers

By Rep. Lamar Smith - The Washington Times

Illustration by Mark Weber for The Washington Times

GALLEGLY: E-Verify ready to put Americans to work

By Rep. Elton Gallegly - The Washington Times

Senators urged to review high court’s FOIA decision

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican

Official: Supreme Court decision puts U.S. information at risk

By Richard Lardner - Associated Press

Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican

Grassley: Where’s report on ‘Fast and Furious’?

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: E-Verify could lower youth unemployment

The Washington Times

Obama cited as Kan. religious ‘freedom’ bill heard

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Seized weapons are displayed at a news conference in Phoenix in January. Weapons like these, which were walked into Mexico, are at the heart of the Fast and Furious investigation under way on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Dems’ report: Fast & Furious not the only ‘misguided’ probe

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times