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Too many tests? Routine checks getting second look

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

Coming off a disappointing performance in South Carolina, GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney will look to get back on track in the Jan. 31 contest in Florida, where seniors make up a third of the Republican primary electorate. (Associated Press)

Romney looks to rally in Florida

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, with his wife, Ann, speaks at his primary election night reception at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C., on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Seniors a key constituency for Romney in Fla.

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Illustration: Entitlements by A. HUNTER for The Washington Times.

MILLER: Simple entitlement reform

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 20, 2011, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks off the floor of the House chamber in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Congress revisiting bruising payroll tax cut fight

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

Illustration: Obama spending by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

MILLER: Putting out the debt fire

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

FEULNER: Defending the dream

By Ed Feulner - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this June 1, 2011, file photo, House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., listens outside the White House in Washington. It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning "the creditors are coming." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

MILLER: Ryan’s reform 2.0

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

America hits the brakes on health care spending

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Illustration: Obamacare by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

KENT: Chronicling coming Obamacare crash

By Phil Kent - The Washington Times

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, has developed a proposal with Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, that would keep traditional Medicare as an option, competing with private plans. People now 55 or older wouldn't have to make any changes. (Associated Press)

Medicare to change for boomers

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

State cuts to Medicaid affect patients, providers

By SHANNON McCAFFREY - Associated Press

**FILE** Dozens voice their concerns about proposed budget cuts in the Medicaid system during a rally at the State House in Augusta, Maine, on Dec. 14, 2011. (Associated Press)

State cuts to Medicaid affect patients, providers

By Shannon McCaffrey - Associated Press

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

Payroll tax deal extends ‘Doc Fix’

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, criticizes Republicans as being responsible for a "do-nothing Congress" during a news conference on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

House passes $1T budget bill, avoids shutdown

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, has teamed with Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, to offer offering seniors a choice between private plans and a traditional Medicare plan. (Associated Press)

Bipartisan team’s plan would privatize Medicare as option

By Paige Winfield Cunningham and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the top Republican budget writer in the House, has a new plan for Medicare - devised with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon - that would set up a regulated competition with private insurance. (Associated Press)

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

CHALLENGE: "The Senate can take up our bill and amend it, or it can pass its own bill. But the Democrats who run the Senate can't continue to shirk their responsibility to govern," says House Speaker John A. Boehner. (Associated Press)

GOP ties payroll tax to oil pipeline

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner (center), Ohio Republican, and fellow Republican leaders meet Dec. 13, 2011, with reporters on Capitol Hill before a crucial vote on a GOP effort to renew an extension of the payroll-tax cut. From second from left are Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, Boehner, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas. (Associated Press)

Republicans plan House OK of payroll tax cut bill

By Alan Fram - Associated Press