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Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson, left, and Army Gen. Carter Ham, speak to reporters on gays in the military, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

DHS nominee Jeh Johnson lacks immigration experience

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Immigration back on the front burner for Obama

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Tea Party Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at a rally at the World War II Memorial in Washington Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. Leaders in the U.S. Senate have taken the helm in the search for a deal to end the partial government shutdown and avert a federal default. The rally was organized to protest the closure of the Memorial, subsequent to the shutdown, and lack of access to it by World War II veterans, who traveled there on Honor Flight visits. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Tea party determined, not chastened, after loss

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, says any Internet sales tax his committee would consider must be simple for online merchants to administer. (Associated Press)

Backers of tax on Web sales renewing push

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

The race is already on to avoid another shutdown as budget talks begin

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Lawmakers Wednesday voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

MILLER: Obama’s victory lap - Republicans routed in shutdown, Obamacare fight

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, gestures as he talks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Washington. Leaders reached a last-minute agreement to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown. Cruz said he would not try to block the agreement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate leaders announce agreement to end shutdown, raise debt

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks out to make a statement to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The Senate voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown and the measure now heads to the House, which is expected to back the bill before day's end. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Back in business: Obamacare undented as shutdown ends, debt default avoided

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is followed by reporters as he walks on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Washington. Sen. McConnell and his Democratic counterpart, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., are optimistic about forging an eleventh-hour bipartisan deal preventing a possible federal default and ending the partial government shutdown after Republican divisions forced GOP leaders to drop efforts to ram their own version through the House.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate passes budget deal; bill heads to House

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

GOP Rep. Amy Stephens of Colorado is running for seat held by Democrat Sen. Mark Udall because of his role in the shutdown. (Associated Press)

Incumbents could be in trouble in 2014

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, walks to the floor from a closed-door meeting with Republican senators at the Capitol on Wednesday. Mr. McConnell and his Democratic counterpart, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, reached last-minute agreement to avert a possible default on government debt. (Associated press photographs)

Congress agrees to end shutdown

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, pumps his fist as he walks past reporters after a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 in Washington. The partial government shutdown is in its third week and less than two days before the Treasury Department says it will be unable to borrow and will rely on a cash cushion to pay the country's bills. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Boehner says House will accept debt deal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Washington, Mayor Vincent Gray, right, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., left, make their way through the crowd after joining Senate Democrats outside the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, to urge House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, and other House Republicans, to break the impasse on a funding bill and stop the government shutdown that is now in its second week. Gray said in a statement Tuesday that the shutdown, now in its second week, is having dire consequences in his city. He said D.C. is the only city in the country where residents are worried that their local government won't be able to provide basic services during the shutdown. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

D.C. wins budget autonomy victory in deal that ends shutdown

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Take Obamacare back to Supreme Court

**FILE** Senate Armed Services Committee member Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican (Associated Press)

Senator: Deal to avoid default and open government

By Alan Fram and Donna Cassata - Associated Press

White House press secretary Jay Carney smiles as he arrives for the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, after senators reached a bipartisan deal to avoid default and reopen the government. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House ‘fine’ with Obamacare provision in budget deal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jay Carney smiles as he arrives for the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, after senators reached a bipartisan deal to avoid default and reopen the government. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Deal on shutdown, debt ‘achieves what is necessary,’ White House says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, accompanied by Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (right), Texas Republican, and Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

GOP looks ahead to next fight: Sequesters

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The Senate voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown and the measure now heads to the House, which is expected to back the bill before day's end. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

After deal, Obama pivots to looming budget negotiations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The late Sen. Frank Lautenberg and his wife Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg seen here in 2013. (credit: Associated PRess)

Stopgap bill approves $3 billion of pork spending

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times