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Embassy Row

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

President Obama, accompanied by Richard Cordray, visits a home in Cleveland on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. In a defiant display of executive power, Mr. Obama bucked Senate Republican opposition to appoint Mr. Cordray as the nation's chief consumer watchdog. (Associated Press)

Obama defies Congress with ‘recess’ picks

By Stephen Dinan and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Some lawmakers suspected that House Speaker John A. Boehner had acquiesced in the two-month extension of payroll tax cuts that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell worked out, and he was challenged on it in a closed-door meeting. Mr. Boehner bristled at the accusation, according to several participants, and denied it flatly. (Associated Press)

Analysis: Isolated on payroll tax, GOP blinks

By David Espo - 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

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks Dec. 22, 2011, about extending the payroll-tax cut during a briefing on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

McConnell calls on House GOP to relent on tax impasse

By Dave Boyer - 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

Consumer nominee Richard Cordray facing filibuster

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

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

GOP ends truce on judicial hopefuls

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks at Scranton High School in Scranton, Pa., on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama pushes for extension of payroll-tax cut

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

President Obama boards his bus after speaking at Asheville Regional Airport in Fletcher, N.C., on Oct. 17, 2011, to begin his three-day bus tour promoting the American Jobs Act. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Obama stoops to conquer

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Obama vows to continue fight for jobs bill

By Sean Lengell and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Obama stumps for jobs stimulus plan

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

GOP slams Obama’s millionaires tax as ‘class warfare’

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

WILLIAMS: Debt-ceiling deal a step in the right direction

By Armstrong Williams - The Washington Times

GOP picks 6 for deficit panel with tilt to spending cuts

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Leaders OK ‘path’ for worker program

By Jim Abrams ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican

MILLER: Debt deal encircles Pentagon

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Republicans try appeasement

The Washington Times