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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., walks to the Senate chamber, at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Used to Scuffles, Rand Paul Takes Senate Into Another Shutdown

by Alan Fram Associated PressFebruary 9, 2018

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a train crash involving a garbage truck in Crozet, Va., on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. An Amtrak passenger train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck south of Charlottesville, Va. No lawmakers were believed injured, but it at least one person in the truck was said to be seriously injured. (Allison Wrabel/ The Daily Progress via AP)

Train Carrying GOP Lawmakers Strikes Truck; 1 Killed

by Alan Fram Associated Press, and Heidi Brown Associated PressJanuary 31, 2018

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., listen to the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress No Closer To Immigration Deal

by Alan Fram Associated Press, and Jill Colvin Associated PressJanuary 31, 2018

U.S. Government Shuts Down; Parties Blame Each Other

by Zeke Miller Associated Press, Andrew Taylor Associated Press, and Alan Fram Associated PressJanuary 20, 2018

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., center, accompanied by his Press Secretary AshLee Strong, right, walks to the Capitol Building from the Capitol Visitor's Center, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Shutdown Looms Despite House Vote

by Alan Fram Associated Press, and Andrew Taylor Associated PressJanuary 19, 2018

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., speaks about immigration, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The news conference was on Goodlatte's immigration bill that would impact recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Immigration Compromise Gets a Boost

by Andrew Taylor Associated Press, and Alan Fram Associated PressJanuary 10, 2018

Parties May Be Forced to Cooperate in New Year

by Alan Fram The Associated PressDecember 22, 2017

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday morning, Dec. 7, 2017. Franken said he will resign from the Senate in coming weeks following a wave of sexual misconduct allegations and a collapse of support from his Democratic colleagues, a swift political fall for a once-rising Democratic star. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats See Benefit in Franken’s Demise

by Alan Fram Associated PressDecember 8, 2017

From left, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., meet with reporters after House Republicans held a closed-door strategy session as the deadline looms to pass a spending bill to fund the government by week's end, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP Leaders Delay Budget Vote

by Alan Fram Associated Press, and Andrew Taylor Associated PressDecember 5, 2017

A flag flies on at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. The House is scheduled to vote on adopting mandatory anti-sexual harassment training for all members and their staff. The vote comes amid a wave of allegations of sexual misconduct against lawmakers that has thrust the issue of gender hostility and discrimination on Capitol Hill squarely into the spotlight. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

House OKs Training for Lawmakers

by Alan Fram Associated PressNovember 29, 2017