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Members of Congress, staff and family, watch as the casket of Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, the second-longest-serving senator in history, is carried into the Capitol Rotunda in Washington to lie in state, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Inouye was a Medal of Honor recipient who represented his state in the U.S. House and then the Senate, where he served for five decades. He died Monday evening at age 88 of respiratory complications. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Final Capitol tribute to late Hawaii Sen. Inouye

Kevin Freking · December 21, 2012 12:15 am

Senator views Guard as boost for school safety

Kevin Freking · December 19, 2012 8:04 pm

Senate moves bill covering fertility care for vets

Kevin Freking · December 14, 2012 12:29 am

FILE - This Sept. 27, 2010 file photo shows Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kansas speaking in Emporia, Kansas, before winning his seat in Congress. House Speaker John Boehner's decision to take plum committee assignments away from four Republican lawmakers after they bucked party leaders on key votes isn't going over well with conservative advocacy groups. Huelskamp will lose his seat on the House Budget Committee chaired by Rep. Paul Ryan next year. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

GOP leaders remove 4 from plum House committees

Kevin Freking · December 4, 2012 11:36 pm

GOP leaders remove 4 from plum House committees

Kevin Freking · December 4, 2012 7:53 pm

House panel promises more aggressive VA oversight

Kevin Freking · November 28, 2012 10:50 pm

Western lawmakers seek probe of refineries

Kevin Freking · November 28, 2012 12:11 am

FILE This Nov. 6, 2012 file photo shows Iraq war veterans Rep.-elect Tulsi Gabbard in Honolulu. Veterans groups say the influx of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in Congress is welcome because it comes at a time when the overall number of veterans in Congress is on a steep and steady decline. In the mid-1970s, the vast majority of lawmakers tended to be veterans. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

9 more Iraq, Afghan war veterans joining Congress

Kevin Freking · November 24, 2012 5:00 am

Big cash spent in AZ, PA, MA Senate race reports

Kevin Freking · October 16, 2012 9:58 pm

Manufacturers launch program to hire more veterans

Kevin Freking · October 15, 2012 4:20 pm

Republican groups turning focus to House races

Kevin Freking · October 11, 2012 11:27 pm

AZ Senate hopefuls wage air war for women, Latinos

Kevin Freking · October 11, 2012 10:55 pm