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** FILE ** This Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden has left Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and entered Russia his lawyer said on Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

Whistleblower behind leak emerges as intel chiefs in Congress defend NSA surveillance

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

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Winning Va. lieutenant governor would give Democrats leg up

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** Newark Mayor Cory Booker delivers the main address during Class Day for Yale seniors at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., on May 19, 2013. (Associated Press)

Book it: Cory Booker formally joins N.J. Senate race

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

Sen. Harry Reid refuses to bend on core of ‘Gang of Eight’ immigration bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Republican, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 4, 2013, following a Democratic strategy session. (Associated Press)

Immigration bill heads to Senate floor

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa (left), 47, listens June 6, 2013, in Trenton, N.J., as Gov. Chris Christie announces that Chiesa will temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat that opened up this week after Frank Lautenberg's death. (Associated Press)

N.J. Gov. Christie picks state A.G. to fill U.S. Senate seat

By Seth McLaughlin and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican (The Washington Times)

Gridlock looms over bid to halt student loan rate rise

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Parties offer competing plans to overhaul ‘No Child’ education law

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, said: “If people want immigration reform, we’re going to have to improve the border sector and the border-security elements of the immigration bill.” (Associated Press)

Sen. Marco Rubio flexible on immigration bill; House negotiators finishing work

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Newark Mayor Cory Booker (center) leaves the Park Avenue Synagogue after a funeral service for Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg in New York on Wednesday. Mr. Lautenberg died Monday. Special primary and general elections will be held this year to choose a replacement. The vacancy presents an opportunity for many in the state. (Associated Press)

Booker not a shoo-in to succeed Lautenberg

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican (Associated Press)

Senate immigration bill could double guest workers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Tom Price, Georgia Republican and a physician, says his health care plan won't put the government "in charge of a doggone thing."
(Associated Press)

GOP congressman pushes for ‘patient-centered’ health law

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican (Associated Press)

Sen. Marco Rubio: Immigration bill does not have votes to pass

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he “traveled literally tens of thousands of miles” to campaign for Mitt Romney. (Associated Press)

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie calls Oct. 16 special election to replace deceased Sen. Frank Lautenberg

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks June 4, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House while announcing the nominations of (from left) Robert Wilkins, Cornelia Pillard and Patricia Ann Millet to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. (Associated Press)

Obama challenges Senate with judicial picks

By Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, pictured in his office at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, has earned nearly universal praise for his handling of Superstorm Sandy, the state's worst natural disaster. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Kean Jr., Sr. among possible interim picks by Christie to replace Lautenberg

The Washington Times

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, arrives for a vote at the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Marco Rubio: Immigration bill needs ‘improvements’ to pass

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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BAKST: Growing absurdities in the farm bill

By Daren Bakst

**FILE** Sen. Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey Democrat (Associated Press)

Frank Lautenberg was last WWII veteran in Congress; N.J. Gov. Chris Christie to pick replacement

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama walks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington to board Marine One on May 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama adds 3 judicial picks to appeals court

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times