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Sen. Barbara Boxer

Senate passes highway, transit programs overhaul

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

DOJ OKs Virginia congressional redistricting map

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican

GOP, Dems urge U.S. to ‘stick to plan’ in Afghanistan

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

** FILE ** Then-Gov. John Baldacci answers questions during an interview in his office at the Statehouse in Augusta, Maine, in December 2010. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)

No Senate bid for former Maine Gov. Baldacci

By David Sharp - Associated Press

T. Boone Pickens (The Washington Times)

Drive for natural gas substitute to power trucks stalls

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

REILLY: Two victories for religious liberty

By Patrick J. Reilly - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, wants to add almost $7 billion in disaster aid to a temporary funding bill crafted to avert a government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Reid stalls, unemployed wait

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

O'Malley

O’Malley seeks support for Maryland gas tax hike

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Rep. Kurt Schrader (The Oregonian via Associated Press)

Many like idea of cutting off congressional pay for budget inaction

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Associated Press

GAFFNEY: White House doormat

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., in Las Vegas, Thursday, July 8, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

MILLER: Obama’s last-ditch appointments

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Former Sen. Rick Santorum won union support after helping push through federal funding for new sports stadiums in Pittsburgh and a tunnel leading to them. (Associated Press)

Santorum not so strong with Pennsylvania folks

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gestures as he talks with members of the Virginia General Assembly after the session adjourned at the Capitol in Richmond on Saturday, March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Va. assembly session ends without budget

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, New Jersey Democrat, returned to the Senate after an absence of two years. Now, former senator Bob Kerry of Nebraska, with whom Lautenberg served, is attempting a comeback. (Associated Press)

Kerrey looks to Lautenberg, Coats in bid to rejoin Senate

By Donna Cassata and Margery A. Beck - Associated Press

** FILE ** Maryland state Sen. Brian E. Frosh.

Md. bill would increase legal protections for outspoken residents

By David Hill - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Jan. 31, 2012, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sunday, March 4, 2012, Cantor, the second-ranking Republican in the House said he is throwing his support behind Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential race. He said Romney is the only candidate who has come out with "a bold pro-growth, pro-jobs plan for the future." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Dropping symbolic votes raises a howl

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, got worked up over who deserves credit for a bill that assists community banks.(Associated Press)

Parties wrangle to get credit for jobs legislation

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: Reid says Democrats should keep Senate control

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Minority Leader Richard L. Saslaw, Fairfax Democrat, left, and Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment, Jr., James City Republican, right, confer as the Senate met at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va. Thursday, March 8, 2012. The budget deadlock in the Senate continues. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown).

Va. assembly to adjourn without passing a budget

By David Sherfinski - 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)

Senate backs Obama in pipeline rejection

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times