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President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with a group of doctors from around the country in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2009, prior to a health insurance reform event at the White House.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

D.C. appeals panel deals big blow to Obamacare subsidies

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Harry Reid Photo-Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DiBACCO: Harry Reid stands alone, but not in a good way

By Thomas V. DiBacco

In this Monday, June 30, 2014, file photo, customers walk to a Hobby Lobby store in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Half of Colorado voters are OK with Hobby Lobby decision, poll shows

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, said the attorney general's decision on federal benefits for same-sex couples is "logical, consistent and compassionate." (associated press photographs)

Employers ordered to notify workers of cuts to birth-control coverage

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A Colorado company is offering free condoms to Hobby Lobby employees despite the fact the company health plan already covers them. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Condom maker doesn’t realize Hobby Lobby covers condoms

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, addresses a crowd during the Utah Republican Party nominating convention, in Sandy, Utah, on April 26, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Orrin Hatch blasts Democratic birth-control bill as ‘stupid politics’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, talks to reporters about competing bills from the Democrats and Republicans on employee health coverage and birth control under the Affordable Care Act, a subject that the Supreme Court ruled on recently in the so-called Hobby Lobby case, Tuesday, July 15, 2014, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., McConnell and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats’ bill to reverse Supreme Court’s birth-control ruling can’t clear filibuster

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What about liberty not to hear speech?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this March 15, 2012 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich waves as he departs his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., to begin his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. On Tuesday, March 11, 2014, the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago said transcripts of FBI wiretaps not played at Blagojevich's corruption trials will remain sealed. The court is still mulling its decision on the imprisoned former Illinois governor's request to toss his convictions. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

FEULNER: A healthy blow to labor overreach

By Ed Feulner

** FILE ** This June 30, 2014, file photo shows a demonstrator holding up a sign outside the Supreme Court in Washington on the day the court decided in the Hobby Lobby case to relieve businesses with religious objections of their obligation to pay for women's contraceptives among a range of preventive services the new health law calls for in their health plans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) **FILE**

Americans’ views of Supreme Court are split: survey

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This May 9, 2014, file photo shows House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

‘Fact-Checker’ blog takes on Dems for their comments on Hobby Lobby decision

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The Rev. Bruce Prescott, left, speaks during a vigil outside a Hobby Lobby store in Edmond, Okla., Monday, June 30, 2014, in reaction to the Supreme Court's decision that some companies like the Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby chain of arts-and-craft stores can avoid the contraceptives requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, if they have religious objections. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) ** FILE **

Journal of the American Medical Association piece: Hobby Lobby decision leaves too much in the air

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Chris Coons, Delaware Democrat and author of a proposal that would repeal parts of the First Amendment, said he is looking to restore balance. (Associated Press)

Democrats take aim at First Amendment rights

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., during a television news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington. After weeks of secretive work, senior lawmakers on Capitol Hill are trying to put the finishing touches on a $1.1 trillion spending bill that would lay to rest last year's budget battles. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EDITORIAL: Democrats give demagoguery a bad name on Hobby Lobby ruling

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses while speaking during a ceremony to posthumously present a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg in honor of his heroism during the Holocaust, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wallenberg's work as Sweden's envoy in Budapest in 1944 was a cover for a humanitarian mission as secret emissary of the U.S. War Refugee Board, created in an attempt to stem the annihilation of Europe's Jews. He saved at least 20,000 Jews in Budapest by giving them Swedish travel documents or moving them to safe houses and is also credited with dissuading German officers from massacring the 70,000 inhabitants of the city's ghetto. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Harry Reid: Birth-control ruling the worst Supreme Court decision in 25 years

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. takes questions from reporters about the stunning primary defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., Thursday, June 12, 2014, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The California Democrat said she&#8217;s hopeful that the House can still move on issues like an immigration overhaul, despite concerns that Cantor&#8217;s departure could drive House Republicans further to the right, possibly making compromise less likely. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats push bill to repeal Hobby Lobby ruling

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a television news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murray, 63, plans to seek a fifth term in 2016, which would give her 30 years in office. Though it’s early, Murray says she’s often asked about her plans and has no doubt about continuing her career, even if Democrats were to lose their majority in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Democrats plan bill to reimpose Obamacare birth-control mandate

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

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New Hampshire abortion clinic buffer law faces legal challenge

The Washington Times