Sean Lengell

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Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell has been nominated to succeed Kathleen Sebelius as Health and Human Services secretary. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Senate vote puts Sylvia Burwell on track to head HHS

Sean Lengell · June 4, 2014 5:23 pm

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Energy and Environment

Republicans attack Democrats on EPA proposal with legislation

Sean Lengell · June 3, 2014 8:18 pm

A man walks near a charred vehicle at the entrance of the U.S. Conulate in Benghazi, Libya. (AP/Mohammad Hannon)

Poll: Americans approve of special House Benghazi panel

Sean Lengell · June 3, 2014 4:58 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, as they make their way to a GOP strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The one thing Republicans didn’t say in response to the EPA’s climate change plan

Sean Lengell · June 2, 2014 11:09 pm

House Minority Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 10th, 2014. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

Energy and Environment

For Democrats, EPA rules are as much about health as the environment

Sean Lengell · June 2, 2014 6:53 pm

Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., right, who represents Santa Barbara, Calif., where a mentally unstable man fatally shot and stabbed six people last week, joins members of the Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force to announce a bill they say is designed to allow police to remove guns from the hands of the mentally ill and reduce gun violence. From left are Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.; Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa.; Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo.; Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y.; and Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats introduce gun-control bill targeting the mentally ill in wake of Isla Vista shootings

Sean Lengell · May 31, 2014 9:00 am

When Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin famously renounced his U.S. citizenship, the move helped him potentially avoid a fortune in capital gains taxes. And while such renouncements are rare, a small but growing number of Americans also are trading in their citizenship for -- at least in part -- financial gain. (Illustration by Chris Henderson/Examiner)

More U.S. citizens turning in their passports

Sean Lengell · May 30, 2014 2:00 pm

Trey Gowdy brings ‘zeal for the truth’ as head of House’s Benghazi panel

Trey Gowdy brings ‘zeal for the truth’ as head of House’s Benghazi panel

Sean Lengell · May 30, 2014 9:00 am

Fans call penalty on Redskins’ Twitter campaign aimed to shame Harry Reid

Sean Lengell · May 29, 2014 10:24 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the Department of Veterans Affairs over reports of widespread mismanagement at its hospitals. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Nancy Pelosi: Justice Department should investigate Veterans Affairs scandal

Sean Lengell · May 29, 2014 5:41 pm

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., recently claimed that the Republican majority was "the most unproductive in modern history." (Getty Images File)

Steny Hoyer: Republicans are politicizing the Veterans Affairs scandal

Sean Lengell · May 28, 2014 5:20 pm

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki arrives on Capitol Hill earlier this month to testify before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing to examine the state of Veterans Affairs health care. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Key House Republican calls for Eric Shinseki to resign

Sean Lengell · May 22, 2014 10:18 pm