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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)

Reid prepares to light fuse of ‘nuclear option’ in Senate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks with reporters following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

Democrats vow to press ahead with filibuster change

The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, shown here in Helena, Mont., August, 2012, says he will not run for Montana's open U.S. Senate seat in 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras, File)

Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer says he won’t run for Senate

Associated Press

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Obstacles mount to the Obama agenda

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

In this image from Senate Television, Republican leader Mitch McConnell speaks on the Senate floor in Washington on July 11, 2013. (Associated Press/Senate TV)

Mitch McConnell: Harry Reid ‘worst leader of the Senate ever’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin looks out over Tijuana, Mexico, along the old border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border on June 13, 2013, where it ends at the base of a hill in San Diego. (Associated Press)

Former Border Patrol agents call Senate’s immigration plan ‘a huge waste of resources’

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Pete Sessions, Texas Republican (Associated Press)

House drops food stamps, passes ag-only farm bill

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sens. John McCain (left), Arizona Republican, and Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, two of the authors of the immigration reform bill crafted by the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight," shake hands on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, June 27, 2013, before the final vote. (Associated Press)

Border crossing: Senators move cautiously on immigration reform after Obama meeting

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration: Immigration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times.

CARAFANO AND ZUCKERMAN: Decision time for immigration reform

By James Jay Carafano and Jessica Zuckerman

** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, following a Democratic strategy session. (Associated Press)

Harry Reid prepares Senate to go ‘nuclear,’ end nomination filibusters

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

CARDENAS: To do nothing would be de facto amnesty

By Al Cardenas

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, updates reporters on the pace of the immigration reform bill following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington on June 25, 2013. (Associated Press)

Reid blocks own immigration bill from House vote

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Senate panel approves ATF nominee B. Todd Jones on party-line vote

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi addresses an audience in Boston during an event held to mark the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act on March 25, 2013. (Associated Press)

Pelosi calls for ‘bipartisan’ immigration solution

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin takes the stage to speak during the final day of the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference in Fort Washington, Md., on March 16, 2013. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Special to The Washington Times)

Sarah Palin: Yes, I’m mulling a Senate run

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Senators return to square one as college-loan interest rate measure fails

The Washington Times

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

Immigration reform unlikely this year with House GOP approach

By Stephen Dinan and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition "Road to Majority" conference in Washington on June 13, 2013. (Associated Press)

Marco Rubio in hot water with tea party over immigration bill

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. right, accompanied by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., gestures as he speaks with reporters on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, about student loan rates following a Republican strategy session. Interest rates doubled to 6.8 percent last week because Congress didn't avert a rate hike built into the law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Blame game escalates; student loan bill fails again in Senate

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat (Associated Press)

Senate panel OKs bill banning anti-gay job bias

By Sam Hananel - Associated Press