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MILLER: Half-cocked gun poll more Americans unhappy with Senate vote

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Tamerlan Tsarnaev (left) and his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

New Yorker editor: Gun control would have made bombing harder to pull off

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee testifies in support of same-sex marriage before the state House Judiciary Committee at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I., on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

Rhode Island Senate to vote on gay marriage

By David Klepper - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sens. Joe Manchin III (left), West Virginia Democrat, and Patrick J. Toomey, Pennsylvania Republican, arrive on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to announce that they have reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers. (Associated Press)

Leaks hurt gun control bill, Sen. Pat Toomey says

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks with reporters following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats try to shift budget onus to GOP

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., which has hosted presidents and once housed a secret bunker for Congress, is seen here in 2002. (Associated Press)

Congress has new shelter in case of attack

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration: Internet tax by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

CERASALE: A reckless Internet sales tax

By Jerry Cerasale

**FILE** Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, addresses the state Legislature in Helena on Jan. 10, 2013. (Associated Press/The Independent Record)

Montana Sen. Max Baucus won’t seek re-election

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Internet sales tax gains momentum in Congress

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)

MILLER: Collateral damage of Senate gun votes; liberals emboldened, Bloomberg targets moderates

The Washington Times

**FILE** In this photo from Nov. 16, 2009, packages move along a conveyor system to outgoing truck for final shipment inside the 800,000 sq. ft. Amazon.com warehouse, in Goodyear, Ariz. (Associated Press)

Web sales tax could be just a click away; Senate approves rules for Internet

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul: Stop immigration bill until we understand Boston

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in New Jersey take a person into custody on March 28, 2012, during Operation Cross Check III. (Associated Press/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) **FILE**

Immigration officer: Congress heeded illegal immigrants, not law enforcement

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, April 18, 2013. In front from left to right are Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican; Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat; Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican; and Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. The legislation would dramatically remake the U.S. immigration system by ushering in new visa programs for low- and high-skilled workers, requiring a tough new focus on border security, instituting a new requirement for all employers to check the legal status of their workers, and installing a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the country illegally. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boston bomb case’s findings may delay Senate immigration legislation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., becomes emotional as he meets in his office with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., on the day he announced that they have reached reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mission Impossible? Manchin aims to make NRA members allies on background checks

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Hundreds of people attend the National Rally for Citizenship on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 10, 2013, to call for immigration reform. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

EDITORIAL: Why the rush on immigration reform?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks with reporters following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Reid shelves expanded gun-purchase background check legislation

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 18, 2013, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination. (Associated Press)

Thomas Perez: Obama administration understating unemployment rate

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times