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**FILE** Craig James, Texas Republican and U.S. Senate candidate, speaks at a press conference in Houston on May 24, 2012. (Associated Press)

Craig James fired by Fox Sports for saying homosexuality is a ‘choice’ to be judged by God

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Senate puts off Syria vote

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, heads to the Senate floor on Sept. 6, 2013, to introduce a resolution for the authorization of military action in support of President Obama's request for a strike against Syria. (Associated Press)

Senate moves to Syria debate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano promised a complete investigation into Secret Service agents' use of prostitutes. Some of her close allies are suspected of pressuring the inspector general to report favorable findings. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Napolitano aides probed by Senate in Secret Service’s prostitution scandal

By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times

The candy desk, which consistently needs the most maintenance, stands in the back row on the Republican side, close to the most heavily used entrance to the Senate chamber. (senate.gov PHOTOGRAPHS)

After senators make their marks, restorers take desk jobs for history

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry confers with U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford on Capitol Hill on Wednesday during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on President Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria. The assault would be a response to a chemical weapons attack in the Syrian civil war. (Associated Press)

Syria war plan advances in Senate, pushes Obama to help rebels

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (left) and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey (right), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrive for a closed-door intelligence briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate-crafted Syria resolution riddled with loopholes for Obama

By Stephen Dinan and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Matt Bevin

McConnell’s silence on Syria creates an opening for Bevin

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

DOLE: Giving Taiwan a role in safer air transportation

By Bob Dole

LAMBRO: Obama’s dubious road to Damascus

By Donald Lambro

GOP’s libertarian wing sees opportunity to push for less intervention

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Obama, flanked by House Speaker John Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks to media in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with members of Congress to discuss the situation in Syria. (Associated Press)

Obama lobbies Congress, defends plan for Syria strike

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry makes a statement about Syria at the State Department in Washington on Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Congress takes steps toward strike on Syria; recess cut short for hearings

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Liz Cheney poses questions to her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, while discussing his newly published book, “In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir," which was co-authored by Ms. Cheney, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif., on Sept. 20, 2011. (Associated Press)

Dick Cheney’s daughters dispute over gay marriage

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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Obama enraged gun control couldn’t pass Democrat-led Senate

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint is trying to wield conservative power outside the Senate. (Associated Press)

Jim DeMint still able to pull some weight among Senate Republicans

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

MIX: A Labor Day look at Obama’s gift to unions

By Mark Mix

** FILE ** Republican Sens. John McCain (left) of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina confer on Feb. 14, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

McCain and Graham invited to White House to talk Syria

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican. (Associated Press)

Congress in no rush to return for Syria decision

By Stephen Dinan and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** Arizona Republican Sens. John McCain (right) and Jeff Flake listen to a question from the audience as they attend an "immigration conversation" on Aug. 27, 2013, in Mesa, Ariz. The two are members of the "Gang of Eight" who pushed a comprehensive immigration reform bill through the Senate earlier this year. (Associated Press)

McCain: Immigration bill could give foreign workers leg up on Americans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times