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National Debt Comparison (Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: It’s the U.S. debt, stupid

By Judson Phillips

President Barack Obama, center, walks as he holds hands with Amelia Boynton Robinson, who was beaten during "Bloody Sunday," as they and the first family and others including Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga,, left of Obama, walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. for the 50th anniversary of &#8220;Bloody Sunday," a landmark event of the civil rights movement, Saturday, March 7, 2015. From front left are Marian Robinson, Sasha Obama. first lady Michelle Obama. Obama, Boynton and Adelaide Sanford, also in wheelchair. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

EDITORIAL: At Selma rally, Obama slights Democrats’ racist history

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

"I made it very clear after the November election that we're certainly not going to shut down the government or default on the national debt. We will figure some way to handle that," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican. (Associated Press)

Mitch McConnell vows to raise debt limit without threatening shutdown or default

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

GOP Surrender Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Senate passage of Homeland bill sign of Republican weakness

By Robert Knight

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accompanied by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., right, talks about his move to disentangle one of two contested immigration measures from the Homeland Security budget and debate the issues separately, as the Senate faces an impasse over provisions attached to the spending bill aimed at blocking President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: It is time for Mitch McConnell to go

By Judson Phillips

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, to urge Republicans to support a "clean bill" to fund the Homeland Security Department as that agencies budget expires later this week. The DHS budget is at a standstill over provisions attached to a Homeland Security spending bill aimed at blocking President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration. Sen. Reid is wearing sunglasses to protect his injured eye as he continues to recover from a workout accident. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid vows to end filibuster of Homeland Security money

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John A. Boehner have tussled with their right flank over how best to advance a conservative agenda at the Capitol. (Associated Press) **FILE**

FRANK GAFFNEY: Don’t go wobbly on amnesty

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Mitch McConnell’s plan to avert shutdown gets cool reception from Democrats, conservatives

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Republican governors are blaming President Barack Obama for a budget standoff that threatens a potential Department of Homeland Security shutdown. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

EDITORIAL: Obama responsible for possible government shutdown

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama signs documents in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, designating Browns Canyon National Monument in Colorado, a 21,000-acre site along the Arkansas River popular for whitewater rafting a national monument. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama vetoes Keystone pipeline bill

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John A. Boehner have tussled with their right flank over how best to advance a conservative agenda at the Capitol. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John Boehner, Mitch McConnell skip CPAC, underscore tensions between GOP leadership, grass roots

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, says the Senate is stuck over a bill funding the Homeland Security Department and overturning President Barack Obama’s policies on immigration and insists the next move is up to the House, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. McConnell tried three times last week to pass the House bill, but Senate Democrats blocked each attempt. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congressional impasse over immigration, homeland security

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell waits for the start of the State of the Union address by President Barack Obama Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

Mitch McConnell on Obama: He sounds like he’s ‘running for a third term’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who switched his vote in a procedural move to be able to try to overcome the filibuster later, steamed at the delay, saying Democrats were being hypocritical in complaining about too few amendments. (Associated Press)

Democrats filibuster Keystone, force Republicans to rethink strategy, amendments

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner, left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell meet with the press at the GOP retreat at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pa., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/PennLive.com, Mark Pynes ) ** FILE **

GOP leaders use ‘60 Minutes’ spotlight to ding Obamacare, but alternative remains elusive

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The conservative core of the Republican Party has long been leery of John Boehner and Mitch McConnell, who are viewed derisively as establishment stalwarts. (Associated Press)

John Boehner-Mitch McConnell retreat in Obama amnesty funding fight alarms conservatives

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Washington, as Vice President Joe Biden, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, listen. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

Obama calls for a focus on “middle-class economics” in State of Union speech

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 after a weekly Republican policy meeting. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell urges Obama to use State of the Union to unify, not divide

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Mitch McConnell on immigration: GOP shouldn’t expect a miracle on repeal

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 12, 2014, file photo, then-Sen.-elect Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican officials have tapped newly elected Ernst to deliver the party's formal response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Joni Ernst to deliver GOP response to State of the Union

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times