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FILE - In this July 9, 2015 file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Department of Veterans Affairs faces a serious numbers problem _ multiple in fact. It can't count how many veterans died while waiting to sign up for health care. It says some VA hospitals may have to close if the agency can't get $2.5 billion. And a year after scandal rocked the department, congressional Republicans want to know why the number of employees fired is so low. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

House, Senate find a way forward on highways

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Talk radio host Mark Levin (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Inside the Beltway: John Boehner, Mitch McConnell acting like Democrats, conservatives say

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, last week brushed aside questions about the Confederate battle flag, saying conversations are continuing. He said Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, was his point man on the matter. (Associated Press)

Kevin McCarthy: House won’t take up Senate highway bill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 21, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Sen. Orrin Hatch scolds Sen. Ted Cruz for saying Senate leader lied about Export-Import vote

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's new highway spending bill is already on the skids, with both Democrats and Republicans questioning $47 billion in fees and penalties the legislation counts on to fund new road-building over the next three years. (Associated Press)

Obamacare-repeal loses, Ex-Im bank wins in GOP-held Senate votes

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican and presidential hopeful, speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, on July 18, 2015. (Associated Press)

Ted Cruz goes off on GOP leaders, says Mitch McConnell lied on Ex-Im Bank

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks to the media during a news conference following a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Senate drops Social Security changes from highway bill to foster support

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 16, 2015, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, , R-Ky., speaks to members of the media following the weekly Republican luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. McConnell said July 20 he hopes to announce soon that he and Sen. Barbara Boxer of California have reached an agreement on a transportation bill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

EDITORIAL: Mitch McConnell adopts Harry Reid tactics to get highway bill

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's new highway spending bill is already on the skids, with both Democrats and Republicans questioning $47 billion in fees and penalties the legislation counts on to fund new road-building over the next three years. (Associated Press)

Mitch McConnell’s new highway bill is already on the skids with Dems and GOP

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada walks to a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 9, 2015, following a Senate policy luncheon. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Senate Democrats block highway bill, want time to read before debate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 16, 2015, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, , R-Ky., speaks to members of the media following the weekly Republican luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. McConnell said July 20 he hopes to announce soon that he and Sen. Barbara Boxer of California have reached an agreement on a transportation bill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Senate strikes deal for long-term highway bill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The House has shown it can strike bipartisan deals, and indeed, two of the biggest bills this year have been driven by House Speaker John A. Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: They personally signed off on the Medicare fix deal and backed the bipartisan coalition that wrote the bill stopping the National Security Agency's phone-snooping program. (Associated Press)

114th Congress breaking gridlock, The Washington Times Legislative Futility Index shows

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Traffic comes to a halt as motorists try to enter lanes on Interstate 25 northbound out of downtown Denver on Feb. 20, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House passes short-term highway fix; Congress’ plans still in flux before July 31 deadline

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom 15th Annual Spring Kick Off, in Waukee, Iowa, Saturday, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) ** FILE **

Ted Cruz and tea partyers: Let the Ex-Im Bank stay dead

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, leaves the chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 27, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

House Democrats blast GOP leadership on Ex-Im expiration

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right and House Minority Assistant Leader James Clyburn of S.C., as he visits Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 12, 2015, for a meeting with House Democrats. The president made an 11th-hour appeal to dubious Democrats on Friday in a tense run-up to a House showdown on legislation to strengthen his hand in global trade talks (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Congress approves Obama trade powers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, stand together Feb, 13, 2015, at a ceremony before the signing of the bill authorizing expansion of the Keystone XL pipeline, at the Capitol in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

GOP leaders vow to resurrect Obama trade deal

By Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 1, 2015, before debate continues in the Senate on renewing the Patriot Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

NSA phone program doomed as Senate passes USA Freedom Act

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 24, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Kevin McCarthy to Senate: Just send our Patriot Act rewrite to Obama

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times