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Senate Minority Leader Richard L. Saslaw (center), Fairfax Democrat, talks with Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. (left), James City Republican, as Sen. Emmett Hanger (second from left), Augusta Republican, and Sen. Charles Colgen (second from right), Prince William Democrat, and Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Walter Stosch, Henrico Republican, listen prior to the debate on the budget conferees' report at the Capitol in Richmond on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Virginia budget dies in Senate stalemate

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** Miguel Estrada (Associated Press)

Miguel Estrada, victim of Democrat filibuster, to fight Obama appointments

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Maryland House of Delegates Minority Leader Anthony O'Donnell (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Maryland GOP backs budget, tells Democrats to drop special session

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

Obama’s recess actions spur Republicans to join lawsuit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"I know this is sort of geeky stuff, but the hard reality is that the amount of time it takes to put together these plans is really daunting. This takes weeks and weeks and months and months of effort, and that's why I think it's important to begin."
- Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat

Democrats punt on Senate budget bill for third year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Scott P. Brown, Massachusetts Republican, is running neck-and-neck in his re-election bid against presumed Democratic opponent Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard professor known as President Obama's top consumer-protection adviser. Mr. Brown is seeking to localize the race after winning his seat two years ago on a national wave of tea party sentiment. (Associated Press)

Brown localizing effort to win Senate re-election in Massachusetts

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks about the so-called "Buffett Rule" on April 11, 2012, at the White House. (Associated Press)

Obama’s push for Buffett millionaires’ tax falls short

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo taken April 13, 2012, and provided by CBS News April 15, 2015, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talks during a pretaped interview for CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. (AP Photo/CBS News, Mary F. Calvert)

‘Buffett rule’ is producing Capitol gains

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: Cheney speaks for first time since heart transplant

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Demonstrators outside the White House march in November with a replica of a pipeline during a protest of the planned Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands oil from Canada to Texas. (Associated Press)

House GOP to tie oil pipeline to highway bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Connecticut religious leaders who oppose the death penalty stop for a prayer during an April 3, 2012, march in Hartford, Conn., to the state Capitol for a rally in favor of repealing the punishment at state level. (Associated Press)

Conn. legislature approves repeal of death penalty

By Shannon Young - Associated Press

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Budget compromise near, Md. legislators say

By David Hill - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks April 11, 2012, about the so-called "Buffett rule" at the White House. (Associated Press)

Obama evokes Reagan in touting Buffett rule

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Maryland House of Delegates Minority Leader Anthony O'Donnell (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Special session surely ahead for Maryland legislators

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: Ryan hasn’t talked VP with Romney

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is flanked by state Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (left) and House Speaker Michael E. Busch during a bill signing Tuesday. The General Assembly closed at midnight Monday with no budget passed, so automatic cuts will kick in unless the governor calls a special session before July 1. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Maryland faces special session or ‘doomsday’

By David Hill - The Washington Times

MARYLAND_20120410_0230: Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (center) is joined by Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (left) and Maryland House Speaker Michael E. Busch (right) during a bill signing at the Maryland State House in Annapolis. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

Maryland leaders trade blame for failure to pass revenue bill

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Maryland House, Senate adjourn without revenue plan

By David Hill - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama meets with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on April 9, 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Associated Press)

Obama renews call for ‘Buffett rule’ tax on millionaires

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., president of the Senate, Gov. Martin O'Malley and Delegate Michael E. Busch, speaker of the House. (The Washington Times)

Maryland bills, budget in race toward midnight

By David Hill - The Washington Times