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LAMBRO: Reid deals for survival

By Donald Lambro - 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

Pingree

Leading Maine Democrat passes on Senate bid

By David Sharp - Associated Press

Sen. Walter A. Stosch (left), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, confers with Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. during Wednesday's floor session. With adjournment set for Saturday, there is no agreement on a budget. (Associated Press)

No break in Virginia budget impasse as Democrats list demands

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Mica

House faces March 31 deadline on road, infrastructure bill

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

The Maryland Statehouse stands in Annapolis. Democrats at Maryland’s Statehouse scrambled Wednesday to draft an emergency aid package to replace income for more than 15,000 workers at the Port of Baltimore whose jobs are affected by the halt of shipping in the wake of a catastrophic bridge collapse. (The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Maryland bill would ban smoking in vehicles with kids

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Congress OKs retaliatory duties for Chinese imports

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Virginia Democrats wrong on budget block

The Washington Times

Maryland Senate President Thomas V. "Mike" Miller (Associated Press)

Maryland’s ‘doomsday’ budget used as club

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: Obama offers more aid for housing market

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, following the Democrats' weekly strategy session. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Stock Act remains stalled in Senate a month after House passage

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Eliot Cutler

Democrats’ bid for Snowe seat runs into snag

By David Sharp ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican

Grassley: Where’s report on ‘Fast and Furious’?

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Passing a budget on time remains hurdle for Virginia legislature

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Florida mulls outlawing Shariah, other foreign law

By Matt Sedensky - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (center), Nevada Democrat, leads a March 1, 2012, news conference with fellow Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill after the defeat of a Republican effort to roll back President's policy on contraception insurance coverage. He is joined by (from left) Sens. Patty Murray of Washington state, Charles Schumer of New York and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois. (Associated Press)

Senate narrowly defeats contraception amendment

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, announces the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control on Feb. 10, 2012, at the White House. (Associated Press)

Sebelius urges Senate to reject contraception amendment

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard L. Saslaw (Associated Press)

Virginia Senate panel kills ‘Tebow bill’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Virginia Delegate Lacey E. Putney (The Washington Times)

Virginia House to try budget do-over after Senate’s deadlock

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks March 1, 2012, at a campaign rally in Fargo, N.D. (Associated Press)

Romney working to connect personally with voters

By Kasie Hunt - Associated Press