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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

Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 13, 2013 file photo shows House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, speaking with Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. on Capitol Hill in Washington at the start of a Congressional Budget Conference. Ryan likened his 2-year budget agreement with Democrats to taking a few steps in the right direction. But the bipartisan deal also carries potential value for Republicans and Ryan himself at a time when the party lacks a clear leader ahead of the 2014 midterm election. If the agreement eventually comes to represent the badly needed bridge between Republican factions, Ryan was its builder. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Senators in rush to pass budget vow to undo cut to military retirement pay

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

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President Obama downplays the angry health care debate, telling conservative radio talk-show host Michael Smerconish on Thursday that "passing a big bill like this is always messy."

LAMBRO: The lost year

By Donald Lambro

** FILE ** In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, second from right, participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony with Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, for the 113th Congress in Washington. Stockman shocked the political world by filing a last-minute Republican primary challenge Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, against incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn. Cornyn is the Senate's minority whip and had appeared likely to escape a major primary challenge from the tea party or other conservative factions. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Rep. Steve Stockman: Give my campaign $10, and you’ll get an Obama barf bag

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The budget deal includes a provision making tax increases easier

The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, last week led the charge to undo some of the sequester cuts, replacing them with more spending now, offset by promised fees and cuts in the future. Mr. Boehner is one of a number of members of Congress who have changed their stance on the automatic cuts since the 2011 debt deal that set the sequesters in place. (Associated Press)

John Boehner among lawmakers shifting positions on sequester budget cuts

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

KEENE: Filling out the budget agreement scorecard

By David Keene

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary nominee Jeh Johnson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his nomination. Democrats begin a drive this week to muscle a half dozen of President Barrack Obama's Republican-opposed nominees through the Senate after clamping shackles on traditional minority party rights in last month's power play against the GOP. Republicans, however, still have some tools for grinding the Senate's work to an excruciatingly slow crawl. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Senate confirms Obama pick Jeh Johnson as Homeland Security secretary

By Stephen Dinan and David Sherfinski - 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

Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, who is House Budget Committee chairman, arrives for a congressional budget conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ryan pleads with conservatives as budget deal heads to Senate

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, pauses as he speaks to media before a meeting with mayors and newly-elected mayors from across the country, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House to discuss job creation and ensuring middle class families have a pathway to opportunity. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama backs mayors’ call for more federal money, higher wage

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Guantanamo Bay detention camp. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bill eases Guantanamo transfers

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. smiles during an interview in his office in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Andy Barron)

Senate pulls all-nighter as GOP protests rules change

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, where he vehemently rebuked conservative groups who oppose the pending bipartisan budget compromise struck by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. Boehner said the GOP leadership has had enough tea party-driven intransigence in Congress and he doesn&#8217;t care what they think. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House budget bargain faces Senate filibuster; Republicans line up to oppose

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Walking through a basement corridor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is pursued by reporters on the morning after a budget deal was worked out between Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. After Ryan presented his plan to the House Republican Conference this morning, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and GOP leaders signaled support for the deal, which was one of a few key measures left on Congress' to-do list near the end of a bruising year that has produced a partial government shutdown, a flirtation with a first-ever federal default and gridlock on President Obama's agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP hopes taking shutdown off the table with budget deal will pay dividends

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat (Associated Press)

In rare bipartisan move, Congress tackles long-standing Medicare issue

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Michael T. McCaul, Texas Republican (Associated Press)

Help wanted: Homeland Security plagued by vacancies at the top

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks about the pending bipartisan budget compromise struck by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

LAMBRO: Seriously, this is a budget?

By Donald Lambro