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“A right to private communications, free from the prying eyes and ears of the government, should be the rule, not the exception for American citizens on American soil, whom law enforcement has no reason to suspect of wrongdoing.” - Sen. Chris Coons, Delaware Democrat. (Associated Press)

Renewal of surveillance law set for vote in Senate

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer said Thursday that the chamber should be in session working to avoid the looming “fiscal cliff.” (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

‘After you’ dance on ‘fiscal cliff’ deadline

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to reporters following the Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Reid: Time has run out on ‘fiscal cliff’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama walks past a Marine honor guard as he steps off the Marine One helicopter and walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington on Dec. 27, 2012, as he returned early from his Hawaii vacation for meetings on the fiscal cliff. (Associated Press)

Obama invites congressional leaders to cliff talk

By David Espo - Associated Press

Brian Emanuel Schatz (D-Hawaii), kisses his wife, Linda, after re-enacting his swearing-in ceremony with Vice President Joe Biden inside the old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Schatz, who was the Lieutenant Governor for Hawaii was selected by Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie to the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the late Daniel K. Inouye. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

New Hawaii senator provides Democrats with reinforcements

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visit with members of the military and their families in Anderson Hall at Marine Corp Base Hawaii on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The first family is in Hawaii for a family holiday vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama cuts Hawaii vacation short because of ‘fiscal cliff’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Hawaii Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz speaks the state Capitol in Honolulu on Wednesday, Dec. 26. 2012 after Gov. Neil Abercrombie, right, announced he was appointing Schatz to fill the seat vacated by the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye. (Associated Press)

Hawaii lieutenant governor picked to fill Inouye’s Senate seat

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

Scott Brown (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Another Massachusetts miracle?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Edward Kennedy Jr., son of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, applauds during a campaign event in Boston for Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Kennedy not running for Mass. Senate seat

By Susan Haigh - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, shakes hands with actor Ben Affleck during a meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, to discuss the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Inside Politics: Ben Affleck won’t run for Kerry Senate seat

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii Democrat (Associated Press)

Inouye’s death ends Senate’s 50-year club

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat (Associated Press)

Smoking out lawmakers on conflicts of interest?

By Phillip Swarts and Lachlan Markay - Washington Guardian

George H.W. Bush

Inside Politics: Victims bypass lawmakers by raising funds online

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Pallbearers carry the casket of U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye into the courtyard of the Hawaii Capitol during a visitation ceremony in Honolulu on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia)

Memorial service for Inouye set for Sunday in Hawaii

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, shakes hands with actor Ben Affleck during a meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, to discuss the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Affleck ducks question on political career in the Senate

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pessimism grows as ‘fiscal cliff’ nears

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama looks to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as he announces Kerry's nomination for the next secretary of state in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Yet another Senate race on the horizon in Mass.

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

** File ** President Obama looks to Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, after announcing Mr. Kerry's nomination as the next secretary of state in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama nominates Kerry for secretary of state

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Irene Hirano Inouye, the widow of Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, pays her respects before her husband's casket following a memorial service in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Sen. Inouye was the second-longest-serving senator in U.S. history. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Inouye, the late Hawaii senator, receives Capitol tribute

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J., announced Thursday that he has ruled out a bid for New Jersey governor and is eyeing a run for U.S. Senate in 2014. His announcement alters the landscape for both races and for politics in Newark. (Associated Press)

Booker rules out bid for New Jersey governor in 2013

By Angela Delli Santi - Associated Press