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Rep. Tom Cole, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Rep. Tom Cole: ‘Let’s be real’; president using minimum wage as a ‘political weapon’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks out of her car as she arrives for a visit at the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem Sunday, May 18, 2008. The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, has arrived in Israel at the head of a bipartisan congressional delegation to mark the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding. (Associated Press)

House votes to protect its taxpayer-funded cars

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Lawmakers, Redskins spar over team name

By JOSEPH WHITE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2013 file photo, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a longtime deficit hawk, outlines his annual “Wastebook,” which points a critical finger at billions of dollars in questionable government spending during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn says he plans to finish the current year in office and resign his seat nearly two years before his term is scheduled to end. The 66-year-old Coburn released a statement late Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 saying he would give up his seat at the end of the current session of Congress, scheduled to end in January 2015.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Big shoes for Republicans to fill with Tom Coburn’s early departure from Senate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio stops to greet visitors from Panama City, Fla., guests of Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. After weeks of ultimatums, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans are exploring whether they can end a budget standoff that has triggered a partial government shutdown and edged Washington to the verge of a historic, economy-jarring federal default. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP says it’s ready to end shutdown

By Jacqueline Klimas and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks with reporters as he leaves a news conference with House Republicans at the Capitol on Thursday. The government shutdown has moved things back into the wheelhouse of Mr. Ryan. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Paul Ryan returns to GOP fore as he offers solutions, reaches out to religious right

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Rep. Tom Cole, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Rep. Tom Cole: Oklahoma has ‘done this before, sadly, so we’re pretty good at dealing with it’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rep. Tom Cole, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press) ** FILE **

House reaffirms sequesters in latest funding measure

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House OKs funding to run federal government; vote will keep workers on job till Oct. 1

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: GOP lawmaker: Obama dependent on Boehner

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Rep. Tom Cole, Oklahoma Republican

Parties cut off campaign aid in House races where going gets tough

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

NRCC dismisses House defeats

By CARRIE SHEFFIELD