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The United States Supreme Court is seen Saturday, March 24, 2012, in Washington, two days before the court will begin hearing arguments Monday on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, derisively labeled "Obamacare" by its opponents. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

EDITORIAL: The Obamacare rematch

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A vote on a bill that would extend a ban on undetectable plastic guns was delayed until Tuesday so that bill sponsor Rep. Howard Coble, North Carolina Republican, could be present to vote. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Extending plastic gun ban just first step?

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington during a rally to demand that the U.S. Congress investigate the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Privacy board springs to life after NSA revelations

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama attends a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

Trust divide: Democrats distanced from Obama after health care debacle

Associated Press

GRAY: Why such fierce urgency over D.C. court?

By C. Boyden Gray - Special to The Washington Times

Richard L. Trumka, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ** FILE **

Wage nominee at Labor also works for AFL-CIO

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said "this is serious stuff," referring to renewing the ban on plastic guns. His office said that there may still be time for the Senate to renew the ban when it expires on the day that the chamber reconvenes. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

MILLER: Chuck Schumer’s scam with 3D plastic guns

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, halted Senate action on a bill last week to renew the plastic weapons ban. He objected because it was introduced just hours before the chamber adjourned.

Recess to complicate push to renew plastic gun ban

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, speaks to reporters after Senate Republicans derailed President Barack Obama's selection of Georgetown University law professor Cornelia Pillard to fill one of three vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, as from left, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., amd Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., listen. Democrats used the vote to assail Republicans for opposing female nominees to the D.C. circuit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

RAHN: Politicizing the judiciary

By Richard W. Rahn

Missteps, resistance hurt Secret Service sex investigation

By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times

The GOP hopes to pin Obamacare on Iowa Rep. Bruce L. Braley, the Democratic candidate to replace Sen. Tom Harkin, as the surest way to claim the seat in 2014. (Associated Press)

In Iowa, GOP hopes are high to win U.S. Senate seat with Harkin retirement

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Nuclear warfare in the Senate

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, defends the vote to weaken filibusters and make it harder for Republicans to block confirmation of the president's nominees for judges and other top posts on Thursday. According to the Congressional Research Service, Mr. Reid filed cloture on just 54 nominations from 2009 through 2012, and only seven of them were filibustered. (Associated Press)

Senate’s ‘nuclear’ move opens one-year window for Obama on nominations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, speaks to the media after the Democrat majority in the Senate pushed through a major rules change, one that curbs the power of the Republican minority to block President Barack Obama's nominations for high-level judgeships and cabinet and agency officials, on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House seeks more time from Hill for Iran deal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, stands up to leave in frustration as Republican members of the panel did not show up for an executive meeting to consider a dozen of President Barack Obama's judicial nominations, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House changes tune on judge standoff, backs Senate Dems’ filibuster move

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. The Senate is nearing a potential showdown on curbing the power that the Republican minority has to block President Barack Obama&#8217;s nominations, as Democrats edge toward muscling a rewrite of filibuster rules through the chamber. Reid was expected to force a vote as soon as Thursday on requiring only 51 votes to end filibusters, or delaying tactics, against nominees for high-level judgeships and agency officials. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dems trigger ‘nuclear option’ to eliminate many filibusters

By Stephen Dinan and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Mr. Obama was commenting on the Senate's move to make it harder for Republicans to block his nominees. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘Enough is enough’: Obama backs new Senate rules

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., seated at center right, expresses frustration as the seats on the Republican side of the panel remain empty, causing the cancellation of an executive meeting to consider a dozen of President Barack Obama&#8217;s judicial nominations, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate is nearing a potential showdown on curbing the power that the Republican minority has to block President Barack Obama's nominations, as majority Democrats edge toward forcing a rewrite of filibuster rules through the chamber require only 51 votes to end filibusters and other delaying tactics. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats trigger ‘nuclear option’ to eliminate many filibusters

By Stephen Dinan and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Pressing the button: "It's time to change the Senate before this institution becomes obsolete," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday. (Associated Press)

Democrats end Senate tradition, trigger ‘nuclear option’ to ram through Obama’s judicial nominees

By Stephen Dinan and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

An amendment introduced by Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican, to preserve tight restrictions on Guantanamo detainees was defeated by a vote of 55 to 43 in the Senate. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Senate, House at odds over moving Guantanamo detainees

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times