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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio holds what may be his last news conference of the 113th Congress Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

RUSTY HUMPHRIES: Please don’t Boehner us, Mr. Speaker

By Rusty Humphries

Illustration: Immigration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

Rallying the Tea Party against unlawful amnesty

By Judson Phillips

FILE - In this March 16, 2010 file photo, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks at a health care rally by The American Grassroots Coalition and The Tea Party Express on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ms. Bachmann stands ready to shake up next year's Republican nominating contest either through a campaign of her own or by wielding her influence over those who do run. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Tea party groups to hit the streets again

By Judson Phillips

Illustration by Mark Herron

RUSTY HUMPHRIES: Liberal Bully of the Week: Jonathan Gruber

By Rusty Humphries

FILE - In this July 29, 2014 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. As the Senate has grown nearly as rancorous and tightly controlled as the House, many say one reason is an influx of senators who once served in that more rambunctious chamber. Tuesday&#8217;s elections could leave the august Senate with even more former members of its rough-and-tumble neighbor than ever. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Harry Reid in tea party group’s sights: ‘Our focus is on retiring him’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Thick smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Kobani, Syria while fighting continued between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Inside the Beltway: Michele Bachmann reinvents the tea party

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Illustration on the disruptive element of independent candidates by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

KEENE: The third-party candidate conundrum

By David Keene - The Washington Times

The Left Attacking the Tea Party Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

MERRY: The mainstreaming of liberalism

By Robert W. Merry

Illustration on premature death pronouncements on the Tea Party by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

KERNS: Reports of Tea Party’s death are greatly exaggerated

By Jennifer Kerns

Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference on health care reform hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

EDITORIAL: In Congress, big spenders all

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Tea Party Democrats?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on the political right and left by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

TAUBE: When political planes collide, left and right

By Michael Taube

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A media-made Pavlovian response

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on the impact and passing of the Tea Party movement by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency

JOHNSON: The Tea Party’s demise

By Drew Johnson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 30, 2014, file photo, former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour addresses the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La. Barbour probably isn&#8217;t running for office again in Mississippi. But he&#8217;s still a target in his home state&#8217;s intense Republican Senate primary. Barbour is a former national Republican chairman and two-term Mississippi governor who now works at his influential Washington lobbying firm. He and several of his family members are driving six-term Sen. Thad Cochran&#8217;s re-election campaign. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)

PHILLIPS: The King Pyrrhus of the Republican Party

By Judson Phillips

Haley Barbour Associated Press photo

PRUDEN: Shameless race-baiting and betrayal in Mississippi

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Republican 7th District congressional candidate Dave Brat, center, leaves a Rotary Club breakfast in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Brat defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in last week's Republican primary. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

MURCHISON: Leave business-bashing to the liberals

By William Murchison

Illustration on the reasons behind Eric Cantor's defeat by Alexander Hunter/ The Washington Times

KNIGHT: The big idea behind Cantor’s fall

By Robert Knight

Following his defeat in the Virginia primary Tuesday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., tells reporters he intends to resign his leadership post at the end of July, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Cantor lost to tea party challenger David Brat, who campaigned in opposition of loosening immigration laws. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

O’DONNELL: Messaging, not tea party, will save GOP

By Christine O’Donnell