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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Huckabee isn’t rushing to have his name included among the crowded field of potential Republican presidential candidates. But he isn’t closing the door, either, as he meets Thursday with the GOP’s cardinals at the Republican National Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Huckabee’s comments on birth control gift for Dems

By PHILIP ELLIOTT - Associated Press

** FILE ** Kentucky Gov. Steven L. Beshear. (Associated Press)

Beshear a lonely Southern fan of Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Bevin goes on attack with anti-McConnell radio ads

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks from his office to the floor of the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FreedomWorks backs McConnell challenger in Kentucky

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

McConnell touts support for uranium plant workers

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

John Koskinen, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination. Koskinen, 74, is a retired corporate and government official with experience managing numerous organizations in crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell to oppose Obama’s IRS pick Koskinen

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. takes questions on the unfinished work of the Senate, following a Democratic policy luncheon, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. McConnell: Sen. Reid protecting Obama from Iran sanctions vote

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Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, and other Republicans walk to a closed-door GOP meeting before the Senate moves to pass a modest, bipartisan budget bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. The bill is designed to keep Congress from lurching from fiscal crisis to fiscal crisis and ease the harshest effects of the automatic budget cuts known as the sequester. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House, Senate GOP differ in approach to support of budget deal

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

ON THE HUNT: Dan Schneider, who has helped officials fill key federal positions, said, "I looked for the most aggressive, effective conservatives who will fight against the Obama agenda within the belly of Obama's federal beast." (Sean Sheridan/American Conservative Union)

New ACU director takes aim at debt, poverty, big government

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Mending a bad bargain

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

New ACU director takes aim at debt, poverty, size of government

The Washington Times

The budget deal includes a provision making tax increases easier

The Washington Times

Senate’s filibuster rule change opens floodgates for Obama nominees

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, came up with a solution that would allow the president to request a debt limit increase. To reject it, Congress would have to pass legislation that the president could veto, meaning it would take a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress to stop an increase. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: This is no bargain

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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

McConnell: Senate should focus on defense, budget in last days

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

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

Sen. Mitch McConnell calls Obamacare an ‘expensive joke’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

CLANCY: The power to borrow and the power to go broke

By Dean Clancy