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FILE - In this April 16, 2013 file photo, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. McMorris Rodgers, the highest ranking GOP woman in Congress, will give the party's response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

McMorris Rodgers to give GOP response to Obama

Andrew Taylor · January 23, 2014 9:48 pm

Analysis: Congress aims to fix busted budgeting

Associated Press, Andrew Taylor · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Republican lawmakers arrive at the Capitol as the Senate votes to approve a $1.1 trillion spending package, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. From left to right are: Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. The legislation is a follow-up to the budget compromise the two parties pushed through Congress in December that set overall spending limits for the next two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate easily passes $1.1 trillion spending bill

Andrew Taylor · January 17, 2014 3:05 am

Boehner: House won’t repeal flood insurance hikes

Andrew Taylor · January 16, 2014 8:46 pm

House passes $1.1 trillion bill to fund government

Andrew Taylor · January 16, 2014 3:46 am

House Speaker John Boehner, of Ohio, and GOP leaders face reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, after a weekly House Republican Conference meeting. The Republicans tied the recent stagnant employment reports to the policies of President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Huge budget bill aims to show Congress’ mettle

Andrew Taylor · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Spending bill delays some flood insurance hikes

Andrew Taylor · January 14, 2014 9:28 pm

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2013, file photo shows Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., flanked by Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Top congressional negotiators released on Jan. 13, 2014, a bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill that would pay for the operations of government through October and finally put to rest the bitter budget battles of last year. The 1,582-page bill was released after weeks of negotiations between House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., and Senate counterpart Mikulski, who kept a tight lid on the details. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Huge spending bill would bury budget battles

Andrew Taylor · January 14, 2014 3:10 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., recently defended the pension cut in an op-ed in USA Today, saying he stands behind "responsible reforms of military compensation." (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Disabled veterans to be exempted from federal pension cuts

Andrew Taylor · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Disabled veterans to be exempted from pension cuts

Andrew Taylor · January 8, 2014 10:34 pm

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., plans to retire from the House. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House Dems Carolin McCarthy, Mike McIntyre to retire

Andrew Taylor · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, speaks with Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2013, at the start of a Congressional Budget Conference. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lawmakers put finishing touches on spending bill

Associated Press, Andrew Taylor · January 7, 2014 5:00 am