Sean Lengell

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Speaking about the Affordable Care Act, Boehner insisted it was time to "scrap this law once and for all." (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Immigration reform backers press Congress to draft legislation ASAP

Sean Lengell · November 16, 2013 5:00 am

Challenges await New York Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio

Sean Lengell · November 15, 2013 5:00 am

Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments on whether the 1935 National Labor Relations Act allows for "neutrality agreements," in which an employer promises not to block a union from seeking to organize its workers in exchange for certain provisions. (AP File)

Supreme Court hears dispute over labor organizing tactic

Sean Lengell · November 14, 2013 5:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Democrats "positively received" the president's vow Thursday to make changes to his health care law to give insurance companies the option to keep offering consumers plans that would otherwise be canceled.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

House Democrats: Obamacare is working, no apology needed

Sean Lengell · November 14, 2013 5:00 am

Fifty-eight percent of voters disapprove of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, while only 26 percent approve of him. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

GOP pulls even with Democrats in congressional poll

Sean Lengell · November 13, 2013 5:00 am

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Labor union organizing tactic challenged

Sean Lengell · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Catholic bishops press John Boehner for immigration reform

Sean Lengell · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., meets with a supporter of equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans after the Senate approved a bill outlawing workplace discrimination against LGBT people. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Historic LGBT workers’ rights bill passes Senate, heads to reluctant House

Sean Lengell · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

The Supreme Court's decision to take up Greece vs. Galloway suggests a desire to give greater clarity to the role of religious expression in public meetings. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Supreme Court wrestles with government prayer issue

Sean Lengell · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

The Supreme Court debated whether the federal government could use an international treaty to prosecute a domestic case.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Stephen J. Boitano)

Supreme Court hears case of jilted wife prosecuted for using ‘chemical weapons’ against husband’s lover

Sean Lengell · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2013 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate prepared to push major gay rights legislation past a first, big hurdle Monday as Democrats and a handful of Republicans united behind a bill to prohibit workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File )

Harry Reid: No plans to revisit gun control legislation

Sean Lengell · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

The Supreme Court on Monday said it won't rule on a case seeking limits on the abortion-inducing drug RU-486, leaving in place an Oklahoma court ruling that rejected a state law curbing the use of the so-called "abortion pill." (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Supreme Court dismisses Oklahoma ‘abortion pill’ case

Sean Lengell · November 4, 2013 5:00 am