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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times. 

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, following a GOP strategy meeting. In a direct challenge to the White House, a Senate committee pushed toward a vote on a bill that would give Congress a chance to weigh in on any final nuclear agreement that can be reached with Iran. The top Republican leaders in the House and Senate insisted on Tuesday that lawmakers have a say. Boehner said "Congress should absolutely have the opportunity to review this deal," telling reporters. "The administration appears to want a deal at any cost." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

John Boehner: Obama admin making it ‘virtually impossible’ to get Benghazi facts

House Speaker John A. Boehner said Wednesday that the Obama administration has made it "virtually impossible" to get to the facts surrounding the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, as the special panel investigating the attack indicated its inquiry could continue into 2016. Published April 22, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican. (Associated Press)

Marco Rubio led effort to ‘open the floodgates’ on immigration: GOP Rep. Mo Brooks

Rep. Mo Brooks, Alabama Republican, said Republicans like Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida led efforts to "open the floodgates" on immigration because of their support for a comprehensive 2013 bill that would have provided a pathway to citizenship for most of the approximately 11 million illegal immigrants in the country. Published April 22, 2015

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Mitt Romney: I wish Harry Reid ‘a very comfortable retirement’

Former Massachusetts Gov. and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney says Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid was more of an "impediment" than someone who got things done in Washington and said he's "delighted" that Mr. Reid is retiring after his current term. Published April 22, 2015

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at a Republican Leadership Summit, Friday, April 17, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Rick Perry: Next president needs to have ‘deep experience as an executive’

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Friday that the next president of the United States needs to be someone with "deep experience as an executive," naming several crises he had to deal with as the longest-serving governor in state history that nobody had explicitly prepared him for. Published April 17, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks to a group at a Politics and Pie at the Snow Shoe Club Thursday, April 16, 2015, in Concord, N.H. Bush said Thursday he will make up his mind "in relatively short order" whether to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016. Nearly 20 Republican White House prospects will court primary voters in New Hampshire this weekend at a GOP meeting in Nashua. It’s the first gathering of its kind in New Hampshire as contenders deliver speeches, answer questions and hope to make a mark. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Jeb Bush calls for gradual increase in retirement age

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Friday called for a gradual increase in the retirement age that would not affect people who are either receiving Social Security benefits or are close to receiving them. Published April 17, 2015

just the ticket? Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida could stir up trouble among conservative Republicans who are waiting for one of their own in the White House. (By Greg Groesch/The Washington Times)

Conservative leaders to huddle in bid to coalesce around 2016 candidate: report

An umbrella group that includes some of the nation's leading conservative power brokers is reportedly planning to hold two meetings in Northern Virginia in the coming months to vet 2016 presidential prospects and try to coalesce around a single candidate of choice for conservatives. Published April 15, 2015