David M. Drucker

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A bipartisan group of senators are pushing Sen. Harry Reid to bring an Iran sanctions bill to a vote in the legislative body. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid may allow GOP amendments to unemployment bill to ease passage

David M. Drucker · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Republican Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada, shown here in 2011, is a co-sponsor of the Senate unemployment extension bill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

GOP sees political opportunity rather than risk in opposing jobless benefits

David M. Drucker · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, flanked by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, makes the case for extending unemployment insurance benefits, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Talks to extend unemployment benefits break down amid partisan bickering in Senate

David M. Drucker · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

New York insurance regulators have promised independent insurance agents they will take corrective action following a flood of complaints from consumers about Health Republic Insurance of New York, the largest of two dozen Obamacare health co-ops. (Photo: Thinkstock)

GOP confident Obamacare is a winner in 2014

David M. Drucker · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Democrats on Thursday rewrote the chamber's filibuster rule. (AP Photo)

GOP retaliation over filibuster rule change could jam Senate in 2014

David M. Drucker · December 31, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, claimed that failing to raise the debt ceiling would not automatically lead to the U.S. defaulting on its obligations, but it would require the government to "prioritize" its debt payments.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Best of 2013: Mike Lee, a Tea Party rebel with an establishment pedigree

David M. Drucker · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

Mike Huckabee noted that there is a strong field of Republican candidates for president in 2016, but hasn't ruled out the possibility of running. (Getty Images File)

Mike Huckabee considering presidential bid

David M. Drucker · December 22, 2013 5:00 am

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said the presidential review of the National Security Agency's telephone surveillance program validated it, by stating that it is "vital" to U.S. national security. (Getty images File)

House intelligence chairman, Senate intelligence panel member spar over NSA

David M. Drucker · December 22, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. David Vitter plans to spend the holidays mulling over a possible run for Louisiana governor in 2015. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner file)

David Vitter mulls run for governor in Louisiana

David M. Drucker · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

Outgoing Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 6. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Even Republicans praise incoming Democratic Finance Chairman Ron Wyden

David M. Drucker · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

Why Mitch McConnell opposed the budget deal needed to keep the government open

David M. Drucker · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

In the 48 hours before the House vote on a budget compromise, Boehner twice publicly castigated Tea Party-aligned groups for rejecting the budget compromise before even seeing it, and charged that the groups were profiting from the controversies they help create. (AP Photo)

John Boehner’s attack on conservative groups was mix of simmering frustration and strategic calculation

David M. Drucker · December 18, 2013 5:00 am