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The U.S. Capitol building is seen Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, in Washington. The six Democrats and six Republicans on the supercommittee, as it's familiarly called, have until next Wednesday, Nov. 23, to come together on a deficit reduction plan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

GOP eyes shutdown as ‘fiscal sanity’ jolt

By Stephen Dinan and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senators line the steps to the Senate door of the Capitol to watch Sen. Mark Kirk, Illinois Republican, (second from left), accompanied by Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, as he returns to Congress on the first day of the 113th Congress on Thursday after suffering a stroke last January. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called Mr. Kirk “an inspiration.” (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Senate welcomes new members

By Sean Lengell and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration: Republicans and Democrats by John Camejo for The Washington Times

KUHNER: The Republican surrender

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), Kentucky Republican, returns to his office after a vote on the "fiscal cliff" deal on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate votes to avoid ‘fiscal cliff’

By Stephen Dinan and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks during a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex on Dec. 20, 2012. (Associated Press)

Biden calls on friends in Senate in effort to jump-start ‘fiscal cliff’ solution

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks about the fiscal cliff on Dec. 31, 2012, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. The president said it appears that an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff is "in sight," but says it's not yet complete and work continues. (Associated Press)

Obama: ‘Fiscal cliff’ deal is close but ‘not done’

By Susan Crabtree and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks to a closed-door GOP caucus as Congress meets to negotiate a legislative path to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts that could kick in Jan. 1., at the Capitol, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP backs off Social Security income change

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada leaves the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, after a closed-door meeting between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders to negotiate the framework for a deal on the fiscal cliff. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Senate leaders hopeful for last-minute ‘fiscal cliff’ deal

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to reporters following the Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Reid: Time has run out on ‘fiscal cliff’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Tim Kaine, Virginia Democrat (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Virginia’s Kaine backs changes to filibustering

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (right) of Nevada, seen here Thursday with fellow Democratic Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, ridiculed his Republican counterpart for flip-flopping on a measure to give the president more debt-ceiling authority. (Associated Press)

White House won’t sidestep Hill on debt ceiling

By Susan Crabtree and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** With fellow Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota (left) and others looking on, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky outlines Republicans' stance on negotiations with the president and Hill Democrats on the "fiscal cliff" on Nov. 27, 2012. (Associated Press)

Democrats block quick vote on Obama ‘fiscal cliff’ plan

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

"The first thing is the most important thing. Do away with motion to proceed. Just do away with it.” - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat (Associated Press)

Reid threatens filibuster change

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House. Asked to name the one step they'd push most urgently if they were the newly re-elected President Barack Obama, a dozen leading economists advise President Barack Obama to sidestep the "fiscal cliff" during his second term of office. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Obama to Hill: Fiscal cliff is ‘urgent business’

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, is congratulated by House congresswomen, as she announces that she will stay on at that post at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Pelosi wants to remain House minority leader

By Sean Lengell and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep.-elect Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona will be the first openly bisexual member of Congress. “[F]irst and foremost, I identify myself as an Arizonian,” she said at the news conference. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Freshmen learn way around Hill

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Ashley Judd doesn’t rule out run for US Senate

By ROGER ALFORD - Associated Press

**FILE** Ashley Judd (Associated Press)

Ashley Judd: Actress doesn’t rule out run for U.S. Senate

By Roger Alford - Associated Press

Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock makes a point in Indianapolis on Wednesday, at a news conference at which he sought to clarify what he meant by remarks on rape he made in a debate the night before. (Associated Press)

Indiana Senate candidate apologizes, explains rape comment

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times