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Sen. Ulysses Currie, Prince George's Democrat, looks on after the Senate voted to censure him for failing to disclose his work for a grocery store chain in Annapolis on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Maryland Senate unanimously votes to censure Currie

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Currie

Md. assembly panel recommends Currie censure

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks during an Economic Club of Detroit luncheon on the campaign trail on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2011. (Associated Press)

Santorum voted to preserve NEA funding

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Delegate A. Wade Kach (left), Baltimore County Republican, threw his support behind the same-sex marriage bill on Thursday. He's shown with Delegates Ariana B. Kelly and Nathaniel T. Oaks, both Democrats. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Maryland same-sex marriage bill heading for vote

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Gov. Bob McDonnell

McDonnell to Senate Democrats: Get it together

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Democrat

Spending cuts trump farm subsidies for many voters

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

City State: Morning Roundup

By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

Virginia house advances bill for transportation funding

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Obama’s proposed budgetary house of cards

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

Joe Lieberman

Senate bill aims at cybersecurity standards

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Delegate Robert G. Marshall holds a book as he reads to the House during debate on a bill defining life at the moment of conception during the House session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia House vote states life starts at conception

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

POE: Obama’s executive power grab

By Rep. Ted Poe - The Washington Times

Democratic Delegates Bonnie L. Cullison (left), of Montgomery County, and Jill P. Carter, of Baltimore, exult after a bill to legalize same-sex marriage jointly passed two Maryland House committees Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Maryland House panels OK gay marriage

By David Hill - The Washington Times

New Jersey state Sen. Richard J. Codey, a Democrat, speaks in favor of a bill legalizing gay marriage in debate Monday at the state Capitol in Trenton, N.J. The Senate passed the measure on a vote of 24-16, but Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, has vowed to veto it. (Associated Press)

New Jersey Senate approves gay marriage

By Geoff Mulvihill and Rachel La Corte - Associated Press

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question in Trenton, N.J., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, about his statement the day before that he will veto a bill being considered by the Legislature to legalize gay marriage. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

N.J. Senate OKs gay-marriage bill in milestone vote

By Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press

City State: Morning Roundup

By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

Virginia House clerk G. Paul Nardo (left) listens Monday to Delegate Jennifer L. McClellan (second from right) as she speaks with House Speaker William J. Howell (third from right) at the Capitol in Richmond. The Republican party has enjoyed a banner first half of the General Assembly session, pushing through far-reaching legislation. (Associated Press)

With assembly control, GOP pushing through its agenda

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Democrat

Michigan political ad pulled but source still feeling heat

By Andrea Billups - The Washington Times

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

Miller: Ethics panel reaches conclusion on Currie

Associated Press

Gov. Bob McDonnell

In Virginia legislature, transit measures not in express lane

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times