Laurie Kellman

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Army Ranger Sgt.1st Class Cory Remsburg acknowledges applause from first lady Michelle Obama and others during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Wounded war hero is State of Union high point

Laurie Kellman · January 29, 2014 8:06 am

Lieberman: Obama lacks coherent anti-terror plan

National Security

Lieberman: Obama lacks coherent anti-terror plan

Laurie Kellman · January 16, 2014 1:56 am

House foe of health overhaul still top GOP target

Laurie Kellman · December 23, 2013 5:16 pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is surrounded by reporters after talking about the final work of the Senate as the legislative year nears to a close, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. Reid promises a vote no later than Jan. 7 on a measure to extend jobless benefits for three months. He said the number of jobless people out of work for more than six months is far greater than in past economic recoveries. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate leader Harry Reid released from hospital

Laurie Kellman · December 20, 2013 11:52 pm

Senate confirms Mayorkas to Homeland Security Dept

Senate confirms Mayorkas to Homeland Security Dept

Laurie Kellman · December 20, 2013 3:25 pm

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a government spending plan, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. Negotiators reached the modest budget agreement to restore about $65 billion in automatic spending cuts from programs ranging from parks to the Pentagon, with votes expected in both houses by week's end. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gridlock in the Senate, progress in the House

Laurie Kellman · December 13, 2013 2:44 am

Dems, Obama, head into 2014 distant, determined

Laurie Kellman · November 28, 2013 3:52 pm

Senators bicker over state stand your ground laws

Senators bicker over state stand your ground laws

Laurie Kellman · October 29, 2013 10:55 pm

Democrats want ‘Obamacare’ deadlines moved back

Democrats want ‘Obamacare’ deadlines moved back

Laurie Kellman · October 24, 2013 8:47 pm

In this Oct. 16, 2013, photo, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, left, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walk to the Senate floor to vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government on Capitol Hill in Washington. The budget-debt brawl has widened the rift between the Grand Old Party and tea party lawmakers who are upset that House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell agreed to the plan to reopen government without extracting any limits on President Barack Obama's health care law.(AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Shutdown showdown widened GOP-Tea Party rift

Laurie Kellman · October 19, 2013 8:03 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses while speaking about the ongoing budget battle, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama stepped up pressure Tuesday on Boehner to hold votes to reopen the federal government and prevent a potentially disastrous U.S. government default. Obama spoke to reporters at the White House a few hours after calling Boehner and urging him to drop demands that the votes be tied to Republican demands for dismantling Obama's health care law and cutting federal spending. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Boehner: Obama’s demanding surrender, GOP refuses

Laurie Kellman · October 8, 2013 9:01 pm

In this Sept. 28, 2013, photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, arrives for a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans as the House of Representatives works into the night to pass a bill to fund the government, at the Capitol in Washington. The Republican Partyâs two Kings in Congress both voted against GOP leadersâ latest effort to prevent President Barack Obamaâs health care overhaul from becoming entrenched, but for opposite reasons. New York congressman Peter King says it was a mistake to link curbing âObamacareâ with averting a government shutdown. Iowa congressman King characterizes Boehnerâs measure to delay making millions of people buy health insurance for year as a retreat from defunding the new health care law entirely. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House’s 2 Kings personify GOP split

Laurie Kellman · October 2, 2013 12:25 pm