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** FILE ** Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe. (Associated Press)

Arkansas Senate overrides veto of abortion bill

By Andrew DeMillo - Associated Press

Md. Senate passes gun-control bill

By David Hill - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, sit during a ceremony to dedicate a statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks on Feb. 27, 2013, in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. (Associated Press)

Friday’s sequester meeting to provide cover for Obama, lawmakers

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., right, sits next to the Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, during a hearing on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013.. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

MILLER: Guns on the Hill

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Senate leadership ducking duties

The Washington Times

Neil Heslin, the father of a six-year-old boy who was slain in the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, holds a picture of himself with his son and wipes his eye while testifying on Capitol Hill on Feb. 27, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. (Associated Press)

Both sides stand ground in gun-control battle as Newtown dad begs for action

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Jack Lew, who most recently served in Washington as President Obama's chief of staff, will fill the government’s top financial post at a time when the U.S. economy is still struggling. (Associated Press)

Lew approved to lead Treasury ‘No one more qualified,’ Obama says of former aide

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Tea party supporter William Temple of Brunswick, Ga., protests President Obama's health care law outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Thursday, June 28, 2012. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Looking for budget cuts? GOP suggests checking out Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

New Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gives a bow during his introductory remarks at the Pentagon.

Who’s the boss? Hagel bows to Pentagon staff after being sworn-in as defense secretary

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Patrick J. Toomey, Pennsylvania Republican (Associated Press)

GOP draft bill in Senate would cede ‘power of the purse’ to Obama

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Md. Senate votes to keep handgun licensing rules

By Brian Witte - The Washington Times

Neil Heslin holds a picture of himself and his young son Jesse, who was 6 when he was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary, while testifying Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. (Associated Press)

Newtown dad makes tearful plea before Senate

The Washington Times

**FILE** White House Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (Associated Press)

Lew’s Treasury nomination goes to full Senate

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Gay, illegal inclusions endanger violence act

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel testifies Jan. 31, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Senate to vote on moving ahead on Hagel nod

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

President Obama and his administration are pressuring Republicans to cancel the sequester cuts and replace them with tax increases and different spending cuts. (Associated Press)

MILLER: The sky won’t fall

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

**FILE** Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel testifies Jan. 31, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Hagel wins confirmation to be new defense secretary

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks during the Saviours' Day annual convention at the U.I.C. Pavilion in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Louis Farrakhan: Failing to confirm Hagel as defense secretary ‘sentences America to war with Iran’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, accompanied by White House press secretary Jay Carney, briefs reporters on the sequester, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House raises terror threat, warns illegals could flood borders after sequester cuts

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi casts his ballot in Milan on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Italy voted in a watershed parliamentary election Sunday and Monday that could shape the future of one of Europe's biggest economies. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Early election results point to gridlock in Italy

By Colleen Barry and Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press