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House Speaker John Boehner (center), Ohio Republican, and fellow Republican leaders meet Dec. 13, 2011, with reporters on Capitol Hill before a crucial vote on a GOP effort to renew an extension of the payroll-tax cut. From second from left are Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, Boehner, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas. (Associated Press)

Republicans plan House OK of payroll tax cut bill

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

**FILE** President Obama (Associated Press)

Obama seeks to leverage $1 trillion spending bill

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

Levin

House, Senate strike deal on defense bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Philippine Supreme Court chief justice impeached

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

** FILE ** Rep. Jeff Landry, Louisiana Republican, holds a sign during a speech by President Obama to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP playing hardball at recess

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Baltimore loses people, clout as D.C.’s Maryland suburbs grab for power

By David Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko speaks to members of the media Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

NRC panel: Nuke chief damages agency

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling

Va. court to rule on scope of Lt. Gov. Bolling’s authority

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, accompanied by, from left, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about extending the payroll tax cut, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Senate defeats Democrats’ latest payroll tax cut plan

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former Sen. Jon Corzine led MF Global until last month. (AP Photo)

Corzine blames predecessors for MF Global’s fall

By Daniel Wagner and Marcy Gordon - Associated Press

** FILE ** Richard Cordray, assistant director of enforcement for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), listens as Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner (not pictured) speaks to the media on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in Washington, to encourage Congress to approve Mr. Cordray's nomination to head the CFPB. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President ‘not giving up’ on filibustered nominee

By Tim Devaney and David Boyer - The Washington Times

Consumer nominee Richard Cordray facing filibuster

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

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By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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

GOP ends truce on judicial hopefuls

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (Drew Angerer / The Washington Times)

Va. Democrats file lawsuit over Bolling’s authority

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Reid

Senate will hear compromise plan on payroll-tax cuts

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Carl Levin (left), Michigan Democrat, chats with Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

White House reiterates threat to veto defense bill

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Sources: House GOP bill renews jobless benefit

By David Espo - Associated Press

Sen. Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican (Associated Press)

Parties’ competing plans to extend payroll-tax cut fail

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham

Senate OKs sanctions on Iran’s central bank

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times