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Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., plans to retire from the House. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House Dems Carolin McCarthy, Mike McIntyre to retire

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, the Republican Policy Committee chairman, tells reporters that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his political tactics are almost entirely responsible for making the Senate dysfunctional, following a procedural vote on legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, at the Capitol. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Debate over unemployment benefits is first volley of election year

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Majority House Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., speaks at a press conference on Wednesday. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)
Education

Eric Cantor wants school choice nationwide within a decade

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate should increase the authority of committee chairmen and ranking members, permit more debate on legislative issues, allow a greater number of minority amendments and extend the length of the Senate's work week. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)
Politics

Mitch McConnell bemoans the partisanship that has paralyzed the Senate

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Senators: US should take more Syrian refugees
Foreign Policy

Senators: US should take more Syrian refugees

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New prospects in 2014 for an immigration overhaul
Immigration

New prospects in 2014 for an immigration overhaul

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From left, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., arrive for a procedural vote in the Senate on a bill that would extend unemployment benefits, at the Capitol in Washington on Monday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate

Showdown set on unemployment bill in Senate

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With more people receiving unemployment benefits, and given the costs associated with working, employers have to pay more to attract the unemployed. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Columnists

Extending benefits helps individuals but increases joblessness

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said there's little chance that a nuclear waste bill she's co-sponsoring will make it amid shifting committee responsibilities. (AP File)
Energy and Environment

Sen. Lisa Murkowski wants to end ban on crude oil exports

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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, speaks with Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2013, at the start of a Congressional Budget Conference. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
News

Lawmakers put finishing touches on spending bill

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