Rebecca Berg

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., drew the ire of conservative Republicans when he did not vote to try to block a government funding measure that included money for Obamacare. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

Mitch McConnell loses Tea Party endorsement but still touts it on his website

Rebecca Berg · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

Public approval of Congress plummets to 5 percent as shutdown drags on

Public approval of Congress plummets to 5 percent as shutdown drags on

Rebecca Berg · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

Rick Hohensee of Washington holds a "Fire Congress" sign near the House steps on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. (AP/ Evan Vucci)

Conservative groups soften opposition to debt ceiling, dig in on government funding

Rebecca Berg · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

As congressional lawmakers face an on-going government shutdown and a looming debt limit deadline, Sen. Mike Lee wants to know what Senate Republicans should do next. (Washington Examiner File Photo)

Mike Lee wants feedback on what to do next in Obamacare fight

Rebecca Berg · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

The discussions on the email listserv "We Win, They Lose" reflected a larger effort by House and Senate conservatives to coordinate during the debate over whether and how to fund the government during the shuwdown. (Thinkstock)

Conservative email listserv shuts down after messages leak

Rebecca Berg · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Michelle Nunn has at her fingertips a network of donors established by her father, former Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., in addition to those connections she has made as CEO of Points of Light, a major nonprofit. (Getty Images File)

Michelle Nunn posts big fundraising haul for Georgia Senate bid

Rebecca Berg · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz.: "Most members feel like the voters in their districts are starting to understand what the battle's about." (Laura Segall/Getty Images)

House Republicans say their constituents not worried about shutdown

Rebecca Berg · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Mark Pryor, Tom Cotton play shutdown politics in Arkansas Senate race

Mark Pryor, Tom Cotton play shutdown politics in Arkansas Senate race

Rebecca Berg · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

John Cornyn drops big money on TV ad defending conservative credentials

John Cornyn drops big money on TV ad defending conservative credentials

Rebecca Berg · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

Tom Cotton targets Mark Pryor’s vote on government funding in his first ad of Arkansas Senate race

Tom Cotton targets Mark Pryor’s vote on government funding in his first ad of Arkansas Senate race

Rebecca Berg · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., makes a phone call outside the office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as Democrats gather before voting, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. With the partial shutdown entering its fifth day, the GOP-run House passed a bill Saturday that would make sure the furloughed workers get paid for not working. The White House backs the bill and the Senate was expected to OK it, too, but the timing was unclear. The 407-0 vote in the House was uniquely bipartisan, even as lawmakers continued their partisan rhetoric. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House approves more small funding bills Democrats plan to kill

Rebecca Berg · October 5, 2013 4:00 am

Path to government shutdown paved with partisan intentions

Path to government shutdown paved with partisan intentions

Rebecca Berg · October 4, 2013 4:00 am