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Simpsons mock: Chris Christie thinks GOP means ‘Gravy On Pancakes’

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Simpsons mock: Chris Christie thinks GOP means ‘Gravy On Pancakes’

Paul Bedard · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Jerry Moran, executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, warned roughly 500 of the committee's top donors Monday that recent changes to the Senate's filibuster rules could hurt the economy and threaten energy and financial services sectors in particular.

Republican Senate candidates look to capitalize on Harry Reid’s ‘nuclear option’

Rebecca Berg · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

After the Train Wreck

Michael Warren · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

âWeâve got this Constitution, weâve got this whole thing about separation of powers. So there is no shortcut to politics, and thereâs no shortcut to democracy," President Obama said.

Obama: Executive orders can’t ‘nullify Congress’

Meghashyam Mali · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will on Friday send an email urging the party's rank and file to come to the aid of Kentucky Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes after Republicans posted an "offensive, sexist photo" of Grimes on Twitter earlier this week. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee, File)

Democrats using ‘offensive, sexist’ photo GOP posted of Senate candidate to raise cash

Rebecca Berg · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 1995 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., takes his seat prior to a hearing of the committee's Balanced Budget subcommittee on Capitol Hill. South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Matt Moore goal in next yearÃ?s elections is to flip almost all many state offices and councils to majority Republican control, completing a transformation that started nearly 50 years ago when Strom Thurmond went on statewide television and announced he was switching from a Democrat to a Republican. (AP Photo/John Duricka)

Republicans want to finish takeover of South Carolina

Associated Press · November 24, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., considered a leading conservative voice within the Republican Party, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 7. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Conservatives should stop worrying and love the ‘nuclear option’

David Freddoso · November 24, 2013 5:00 am

Lowering tax rates could help stop the widespread disintegration of the family structure.

Will Republicans propose tax cuts to strengthen two-parent families?

Michael Barone · November 24, 2013 5:00 am

"In 2008, Obama won 66 percent of votes cast by 18-29 year olds. In 2012, he racked up just 60 percent. More tellingly, the participation rate among younger voters dropped precipitously between those elections, with Obama pulling 2.4 million fewer votes from 18-29 year olds in 2012." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

No surprise that young voters are abandoning President Obama

Mark Tapscott · November 22, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., will open an African American Engagement Office in Detroit, Mich., as part of a Republican effort to improve their efforts to reach out to the traditionally-Democratic voters. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul to open African-American Engagement Office in Detroit

Joel Gehrke · November 22, 2013 5:00 am

A report in February explained in detail how the F-35 can't fly at night or in clouds or near lightning. That's right. For now, the Pentagon can only use its pricey toy in warm sunny weather. (Courtesy photo)

Conservatives should stop defending Pentagon waste and fraud

Veronique de Rugy · November 22, 2013 5:00 am

Republican governors remain divided over whether they should have accepted additional Medicaid funding from the Obama administration in exchange for the governors' cooperation in implementing Obamacare.

A divide among Republican governors: To accept Medicaid money or not

Rebecca Berg · November 21, 2013 5:00 am