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Vice President Joe Biden, in his Constitutional role as president of the Senate, arrives at the Capitol to provide the tie-breaking vote, if needed, on a vote to extend broad tax cuts that will otherwise expire in January, in Washington, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Wealthy left out of Bush-era tax cut renewal

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, speaks April 5, 2012, in Berkeley, Calif. (Associated Press)

House passes Ron Paul’s Fed audit measure

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Joseph Kondrot helps to lay out a piece of the AIDS ¿Memorial Quilt on Sunday on the National Mall at the opening ceremonies of the Quilt in the Capital, marking the 25th anniversary of the quilt. It coincides with the 19th International AIDS Conference. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

AIDS conferees nonpartisan

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Illustration Bear Trap Women by John Camejo for The Washington Times

CROUSE: Violence Against Women Act needs reform

By Janice Shaw Crouse

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

Senate succeeds at something: Futility

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the GOP’s guiding principle in the debate over who gets tax breaks is “Do no harm.” There is no consensus. (Associated Press)

Down to wire on tax breaks, parties far apart

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, California Republican (Associated Press)

Rampage unlikely to prompt Hill action on gun-control laws

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Missouri Republican Senate candidate Sarah Steelman is being attacked as not deserving true conservative support. (Associated Press)

Gender politics in play in Missouri GOP primary

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Hatch

After fight for political survival, tax reform could be Hatch’s legacy

By Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

**FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Another year, another stopgap bill instead of real budget

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** State and local police wait April 16, 2007, for a building to be cleared by police on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., following a shooting incident. (Associated Press)

Calls for gun control stir little support

By David Espo and Nancy Benac - Associated Press

Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (left) speaks on Saturday, July 21, 2012, as former Sen. George Allen, also a former governor, listens during the Virginia Bar Association's senatorial debate at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Va. (Associated Press)

Sharp exchanges punctuate first Allen-Kaine debate in Virginia

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

“We need to be exporting our products, not our jobs,” said Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Democrat and author of the bill blocked by Republicans. (Associated Press)

GOP sees mischief in jobs legislation

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer (left), a candidate for Republican senate, meets Democratic Senate candidate Bob Kerrey at a Fourth of July parade in Omaha, Neb. Fischer is running against Kerrey for the senate seat vacated by Democrat Ben Nelson. (Associated Press)

Nebraska Senate race keeps super PAC ads

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

“Right now there are more unanswered questions than there are answered questions with regard to how the sequester will work and where the cuts will come from,” House Speaker John A. Boehner said Thursday. (Associated Press)

House-passed bill ignores defense cuts

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who also served five terms as Wyoming’s representative in the U.S. House, returns to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to meet with Senate Republican leaders at a political strategy luncheon. He is accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming (left), the Republican Policy Committee chairman. (Associated Press)

Cheney huddles with GOP strategists

By Paige Winfield Cunningham and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

SGT. SHAFT: Widow upset by what she calls a ‘Dead Veteran’s Tax’

By Sgt. Shaft - The Washington Times

A woman walks in front of the HSBC bank headquarters in Mexico City, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. The chief compliance officer of Britain's HSBC Tuesday said he was stepping down from that position after an investigation found that lax controls at the international bank allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through its U.S. operation and other illicit transactions. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

HSBC compliance chief to step down after inquiry

By Marcy Gordon - Associated Press

Inside Politics: RNC ad: ‘It’s OK to make change’ at White House

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican (AP Photo)

DeMint: Law of the Sea Treaty now dead

By Kristina Wong and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times