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House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, and GOP leaders meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 9, 2013, following a Republican strategy session. (Associated Press)

Immigration: GOP steps away from any path to citizenship; House leadership to hash out plan

By David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama is greeted by Rep. Marcia Fudge, Ohio Democrat, upon his arrival at Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport on June 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

Congressional Black Caucus presses Obama on voting rights, immigration

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Illinois enacts nation’s final concealed-gun law

Associated Press

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Monday he will bring his chamber's latest version of the farm bill to the floor this month. He declined to do so last year to avoid intraparty fighting during an election year. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: A trap by the Senate

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Support unborn-baby protection measure

The Washington Times

The dome of the Capitol is reflected in a skylight of the Capitol Visitor's Center in Washington on Jan. 1, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Futility Index: House Republicans sputter toward one of the worst years on record

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Democrats defy Obama and Republicans as student loan rates double

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., New Jersey Democrat, speaks at a news conference on Jan. 23, 2012 in Trenton, N.J. about plans to legalize sports betting in New Jersey. (Associated Press)

Lautenberg family won’t back Booker in N.J. Senate fight

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** From left: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, and Vice President Joseph R. Biden participate in a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 19, 2013. (Associated Press)

Reid tells House to pass Senate immigration bill

By Stephen Dinan - 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)

All eyes on border as House bill on immigration takes shape; groups hold out for hope

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Immigration, student loans top congressional agenda

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

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Gabrielle Giffords ends 7-state tour to restart talks on gun limits

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat (Associated Press)

TYRRELL: Ted Kennedy’s reform school

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration: Internet tax by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

BERLAU: How an online sales tax could hurt your 401(k)

By John Berlau

Susan B. Anthony List and other pro-life groups have been lobbying Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, for weeks to lead the charge in the Senate on legislation would ban abortions 20 weeks into pregnancy, with exceptions for risks to the mother's life and rape or incest, though such a bill is unlikely to be taken up in the chamber. (Associated Press)

Rubio weighs sponsorship of bill to end abortions after 20 weeks

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** People wait under a tree after they were detained by Border Patrol agents on June 25, 2013, at a field in Edinburg, Texas. Agents took into custody 69 people suspected of entering the country illegally. (Associated Press/The Monitor)

Immigrants account for all job gains since 2000: native-born workers’ employment has fallen

By Stephen Dinan - 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)

More agents, fencing may cut illegal immigration by half; Senate bill’s critics not satisfied

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes is the Democratic Party opponent of Sen. Mitch McConnell. (Associated Press)

Grimes says McConnell has lost touch with voters

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Illustration: Pork by D. Grethen.

EDITORIAL: Immigration pork

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Mark Weber

SENSENBRENNER: The Senate’s amnesty echoes only failure

By F. James Sensenbrenner Jr.