Sean Lengell

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid: House Republicans stand in way of ‘grand bargain’ on budget

Sean Lengell · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Cheryl Campbell, senior vice president of CGI listens at left as Andy Slavitt, representing QSSI's parent company, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with contractors that built the federal government's health care websites. The contractors responsible for building the troubled Healthcare.gov website say it was the government's responsibility _ not theirs _ to test it and make sure it worked. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Builders of Obamacare website say more testing was needed

Sean Lengell · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi believes the new health care law should move forward without delay and said that "sabotage" by Republicans, and not just computer glitches, is hindering implementation. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi: Republican ‘sabotage’ hindering health care law

Susan Ferrechio, Sean Lengell · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Bill Nelson said that although glitches plaguing the federal health care exchange website are "inexcusable," now isn't the time to find and reprimand those responsible.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

Sen. Bill Nelson: Fix health care website now, pin blame later

Sean Lengell · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Capitol dome repairs set to begin next month

Capitol dome repairs set to begin next month

Sean Lengell · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

House Financial Services Committee member Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., listens to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testify before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Alan Grayson: Tea Party ‘no more popular than the Klan’

Sean Lengell · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz has received a hero's welcome during a victory lap this week in his home state of Texas. (AP/Rodolfo Gonzalez)

Ted Cruz given hero’s welcome in Texas

Sean Lengell · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said he wasn't bothered by the blowback he's gotten from his party colleagues, telling CNN "I don't work for the party bosses in Washington, I work for the people of Texas." (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez)

Ted Cruz won’t rule out another government shutdown

Sean Lengell · October 20, 2013 4:00 am

Former Republican Florida Gov. Jeb Bush believes that the Republican Party might be better served letting Obamacare fail on its own. (AP File)

Jeb Bush: ‘Self-restraint’ needed in Republican fight to stop Obamacare

Sean Lengell · October 20, 2013 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said she believed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would win if she ran for president in 2016. (AP File)

Nancy Pelosi: Hillary Clinton would be among ‘best prepared’ presidents in years if elected

Sean Lengell · October 20, 2013 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., criticizes Republicans, and the influence of the tea party, on the morning after Congress passed last-minute legislation that reopened the government and averted a national default, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. The House and Senate voted late Wednesday night to end the shutdown that began when Republicans tried unsuccessfully to use must-pass funding legislation to derail the president's landmark health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi: ‘Reckless’ Republican-led shutdown hurt economy

Sean Lengell · October 17, 2013 4:00 am

Fox News mistakenly reported Thursday that longtime Florida Rep. Bill Young died, an error picked up and reported as fact by other news outlets until the network later corrected itself.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Media falsely report death of Florida Rep. Bill Young

Sean Lengell · October 17, 2013 4:00 am