As the Republican Party and the conservative movement continue to debate the lessons of 2012, the Club for Growth is looking to set up primary challenges to Republican incumbents who it believes have compromised on conservative principles.

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As the Republican Party and the conservative movement continue to debate the lessons of 2012, the Club for Growth is looking to set up primary challenges to Republican incumbents who it believes have compromised on conservative principles.

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Disagreements were rare as Gabriel Gomez, Michael Sullivan and Daniel B. Winslow made their cases for filling John Kerry’s seat.

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The proposal imposes a fee on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories, refineries and other major sources.

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In a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, five former deputy defense secretaries suggest using the budget cuts as an opportunity to re-examine military strategy, personnel numbers and weapons purchases.

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In a fund-raising pitch, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky touted his support for Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster of John O. Brennan, even though he opposed Mr. Paul’s candidacy in 2010.

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President Obama will speak Wednesday night at a dinner for donors and activists at the first gathering of Organizing for Action, the nonprofit group created by former campaign officials to help advance the president’s agenda.

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President Obama hosted a casual off-the-record meeting with a diverse group of energy and climate change experts at the White House on Thursday evening, officials and participants said.

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Mr. Shultz, who was the secretary of state, labor and the Treasury, urged lawmakers to support the development of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, and alternative energy.

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President Obama and Michelle Obama, the first lady, had their first double date with Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, over dinner at the White House last Friday.

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Political news from today’s Times, the president’s weekly address and a look at the latest happenings in Washington.

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Political news from today’s Times, the president’s weekly address and a look at the latest happenings in Washington.

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The filibuster of a nomination to the federal court of appeals has the potential to renew a feud over rules governing filibusters and how the Senate handles high-level judicial nominations.

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The filibuster of a nomination to the federal court of appeals has the potential to renew a feud over rules governing filibusters and how the Senate handles high-level judicial nominations.

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The new law expands the federal protections and resources of the original 1994 Violence Against Women Act.

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President Obama will have a bipartisan lunch on Thursday with Representative Paul D. Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, and the panel’s senior Democrat, Representative Chris Van Hollen.

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Washington will be digging for days for reports about what – if anything – President Obama’s unusual dinner with Republican senators might mean for progress on the budget, immigration, gun safety or any other issue central to

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President Obama will have a bipartisan lunch on Thursday with Representative Paul D. Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, and the panel’s senior Democrat, Representative Chris Van Hollen.

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President Obama will have a bipartisan lunch on Thursday with Representative Paul D. Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, and the panel’s senior Democrat, Representative Chris Van Hollen.

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