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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, walks to the House Floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. Lawmakers from both parties urged one another in a rare weekend session to give ground in their fight over preventing a federal shutdown, with the midnight Monday deadline fast approaching. But there was no sign of yielding Saturday in a down-to-the-wire struggle that tea party lawmakers are using to try derailing President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

House passes bill to delay Obamacare, keep government funded

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, emerges from the Senate chamber after his overnight crusade railing against the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Ted Cruz: GOP has compromised on Obamacare; now it’s Democrats’ turn

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

SULLIVAN: A safety valve for overcrowded prisons

By Cara Sullivan

**FILE** Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (left) of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah stand during a news conference with conservative congressional Republicans at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 19, 2013. (Associated Press)

Cruz, Lee call for another House continuing resolution to defund Obamacare

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Storm clouds hang over Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, as the Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate stand at an impasse with Congress continuing to struggle over how to fund the government and prevent a possible shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate defeats Cruz filibuster, passes bill that funds Obamacare

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Actor Jim Caviezel portraying Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ." (Associated Press)

Out of debate ideas, Congress turns to God

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

KUHNER: Mr. Cruz goes to Washington

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

INHOFE AND MORAN: The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty is dead on arrival

By James M. Inhofe and Jerry Moran

PRUDEN: The bad boy at the party

By Wesley Pruden

Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, and GOP leaders speak to reporters after a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 26, 2013. (Associated Press)

Boehner rejects Senate stopgap spending bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

With four days to go before the federal government is due to run out of money, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (left), Nevada Democrat, looks at a countdown clock during a Sept. 26, 2013, news conference on Capitol in Washington, where Senate Democratic leaders blamed conservative Republicans for holding up a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running. From left are Reid, Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois, Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, and Charles Schumer of New York, the Democratic Policy Committee chairman. (Associated Press)

Republican infighting over health care flares in Senate as shutdown looms

By Jacqueline Klimas and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Former Florida Rep. Allen West. (Associated Press)

Allen West: If Rubio runs for president, I will run for Senate

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Illustration Second Amendment by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

MILLER: Senate Shame - Second Amendment is not up for ‘debate’

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

FRANKS: Repealing Obamacare by defending the Constitution

By Trent Franks

This image from Senate video show Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaking on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Cruz says he will speak until he's no longer able to stand in opposition to President Barack Obama's health care law. Cruz began a lengthy speech urging his colleagues to oppose moving ahead on a bill he supports. The measure would prevent a government shutdown and defund Obamacare. (AP Photo/Senate TV)

Rep. Peter King: Sen. Ted Cruz tapped into ‘dark strain in the American political psyche’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Ron Binz (From Ron Binz' Public Policy Consulting website)

Obama energy nominee Ron Binz becomes climate change battleground

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This image from Senate video show Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaking on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Cruz says he will speak until he's no longer able to stand in opposition to President Barack Obama's health care law. Cruz began a lengthy speech urging his colleagues to oppose moving ahead on a bill he supports. The measure would prevent a government shutdown and defund Obamacare. (AP Photo/Senate TV)

As Sen. Ted Cruz gives a long speech, Treasury gets short on funding

By Stephen Dinan and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Ted Cruz raises profile with filibuster, but fails to sway senators or voters

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada (left) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky are sparring on the eve of a session to change Senate rules to remove a 60-vote threshold for President Obama's nominations to win confirmation. Mr. Reid says the changes are minimal; Mr. McConnell says Mr. Reid would be "breaking the rules in order to change the rules." (Associated Press)

Internal Senate email warns lawmakers not to sign up for Obamacare yet

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"Now is the single best time and best opportunity to defeat Obamacare. No. 2, this is a fight that we can win. And No. 3, only the American people can win this," said Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican. (Associated Press)

Sen. Ted Cruz says he speaks for most Americans about stopping Obamacare

By Seth McLaughlin and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times