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House GOP launches investigation of Planned Parenthood’s fetal tissue donation program

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Iowa Sen. Ernst promises GOP focus on Americans’ concerns

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Senate votes to curb filibuster

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With House budget plan in shambles, Senate retakes the lead

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Harry Reid (Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com)

Senate passes continuing resolution

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Sequester cutting tens of millions from federal wildfire spending

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IRS chief: Tea Party wasn’t the only group inappropriately targeted

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Faris Fink, Commissioner, Small Business and Self-Employed Division, Internal Revenue Service (AP/Charles Dharapak)

IRS official apologizes for lavish spending

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Former IRS commissioner to testify on Capitol Hill

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators hope to revise background checks bill

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Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., right, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gun control bill clears Senate hurdle

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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Congress nears deal on background checks

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President Barack Obama hugs Katerina Rodgaard, a Maryland dance instructor who knew one of the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings, after she introduced him in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2013. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: “Shame on us” if we forget Newtown

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Senate bill won’t include weapons ban

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Senate panel OKs Dem gun background check bill

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Senate panel ready to OK gun background checks

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Senators clash over need to ban assault weapons

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New Congress: Fewer moderates make deals harder

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Dems, GOP fight brewing over curbing filibusters

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, to discuss FEMA funding and the Continuing Resolution to fund the government. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) (AP/Harry Hamburg)

Senate blocks House disaster aid bill

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Senate will have to return health bill to House

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Obama’s health care plan picks up support

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