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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Thursday introduced a bill that would allow states to define marriage however they see fit, even as gay rights proponents push legal challenges to traditional marriage laws in the wake of the Supreme Court's invalidation of the Defense of Marriage Act.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What Republican rebels will do next in shutdown fight

Byron York · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

Former Trek executive challenging Scott Walker in Wisconsin governor race

Former Trek executive challenging Scott Walker in Wisconsin governor race

Steve Contorno · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

Attempts by Presideont Obama and congressional Democrats to shift blame for the government shutdown onto the GOP have outraged Americans.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Examiner Editorial: Obama manipulated vets, seniors, children in shutdown

Editorial Writer · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

Various writers and even President Obama have blamed partisan redistricting for creating a more "polarized" atmosphere in which congressmen are less less vulnerable to voters who think differently. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Don’t blame the government shutdown on redistricting

David Freddoso · October 6, 2013 4:00 am

In this Oct. 4, 2013, photo, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md., center, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees blaming House Republicans on the government shutdown. From left are, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Hoyer, Rep. Bernard Sanders and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas. Republicans and Democrats have wasted little time trying to use the first federal government shutdown in a generation for political advantage ahead of next year's midterm elections, seizing on the plight of furloughed workers and shuttered government services to cast blame on each other. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

House passes bill to give back pay to furloughed workers, Dems plot new strategy

Susan Crabtree · October 5, 2013 4:00 am

There was a time when Democrats blasted the term "Obamacare" as personal attack on President Obama. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

‘Obamacare’ now a term of endearment

Philip Klein · October 5, 2013 4:00 am

Exclusive: Obama admin allows government union reps to work during shutdown

Susan Crabtree · October 5, 2013 4:00 am

A statue of George Washington is seen amidst American flags adn the Tea Party flag during a rally at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, April 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Tea Party is the solution, not the problem

Star Parker · October 5, 2013 4:00 am

Ashley Hentze, left, of Lakeland, Fla., gets help signing up for the Affordable Care Act from Kristen Nash, a volunteer with Enroll America, a private, nonprofit organization running a grassroots campaign to encourage people to sign up for health care, on Tuesday.ÃÂ President Obama faces a dual challenge in the months ahead: Convince uninsured Americans to sign up for Obamacare and keep worried Democrats on board as the administration enacts his health care overhaul.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Obama’s health care challenge: keeping Democrats on board

Brian Hughes · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

Speaker John Boehner has said he lacks the votes for a clean CR and is demanding that the president negotiate with Republicans over further spending cuts and changes to Obamacare. (AP Photo)

Day 4: House GOP stands firm, demands Dems negotiate end of government shutdown

David M. Drucker · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is one of 16 Democrats to vote for all six targeted appropriations bills, introduced at the behest of House Speaker John Boehner. (AP/Matt York)

Beltway Confidential

57 Democrats join House GOP to fund key departments, programs

Ashe Schow · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz during a closed-door lunch on Wednesday argued to his Republican colleagues that the campaign he led to defund Obamacare has bolstered the GOP's political position in dealing with the government shutdown.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

The Left is ‘terrified out of their minds,’ says Ted Cruz

Charlie Spiering · October 3, 2013 4:00 am