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Vice President Joseph R. Biden shakes hands with Neil Heslin (center), whose son Jesse Lewis died at the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., after Biden spoke in New York's City Hall Blue Room on March 21, 2013. Relatives of shooting victims from Newtown, Conn., stood with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (right) and Biden as they spoke in favor of an assault weapons ban. (Associated Press)

Stage set for Senate gun control debate; background checks are sticking point

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Obama addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2012. (Associated Press)

MILLER: U.N. threatens to override Second Amendment

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat (Associated Press)

Senate gun bill will expand background checks

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

**FILE** Government workers, supporting union members and activists protest against the across-the-board federal spending cuts called sequestration at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia on March 20, 2013. (Associated Press)

Shutdown averted: Congress passes 2013 spending bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

APNewsBreak: Steven Tyler Act stalls in Hawaii

By ANITA HOFSCHNEIDER - Associated Press

**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, holds up a copy of the House Budget Committee 2014 Budget Resolution as he speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 12, 2013. (Associated Press)

Debate over budget balance less than balanced

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Congress passes bill to avoid government shutdown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** A worker throws a piece of meat among cattle carcass scraps dropped into a truck at the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif., on Jan. 30, 2008. (Associated Press)

Senate votes to keep White House closed, slaughterhouses open

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on Feb. 12, 2013, prior to President Obama's State of the Union address. (Associated Press)

Talk show host Mark Levin blasts Sen. Harry Reid: ‘Vicious stupid man’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration: U.N. gun grabbing by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Gun control by the U.N.

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr., Pennsylvania Democrat (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Casey, Rubio back bill for nonlethal aid to Syrian rebels

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama applauds in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 18, 2013, during his announcement that he would nominate Thomas E. Perez (right) for Labor secretary. (Associated Press)

Democrats say GOP’s Perez stance hurts Hispanic outreach

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Hotel at National Harbor, Md., on Thursday, March 14, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Congress closer to agreement on illegals

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans book on middle class

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

FEULNER: The battle of the budgets

By Ed Feulner - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat (Associated Press)

MILLER: RIP national ‘assault weapon’ ban

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama applauds in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 18, 2013, during his announcement that he would nominate Thomas E. Perez (right) for Labor secretary. (Associated Press)

Vitter pledges to block Perez nomination

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama is seen during his meeting with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 12, 2013. (Associated Press)

Budget no-shows a bipartisan trend: Obama, Senate Republicans fail to produce federal plans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama announces Thomas E. Perez, his nominee for Labor Secretary, on March 18, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama nominates embattled Thomas E. Perez for Labor secretary

By Stephen Dinan and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, closes out the Conservative Political Action Conference.

CPAC 2013: Ted Cruz urges conservatives to stand up for the U.S. Constitution

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times