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Snow falls near the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, February 9, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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FILE - In a Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 file photo, Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman speaks to the Senate Education Committee about common core standards during a hearing in Nashville, Tenn. When Tennessee was competing for a half-billion dollars in federal education money, teachers agreed to allow the state to ramp up its use of student test scores for evaluating educators. But since winning the $500 million Race to the Top competition in 2010, teachers say the state has gone too far in using student test scores to assess their performance. They are now calling for legislation to place a moratorium on the use of so-called TVASS scores until a special committee can review them. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)
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National Edition Opinion cover for February 10, 2014 - Congress will have a busy 2014 (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 file photo, the brother of a policeman mourns during the funeral of one of several policemen killed after masked gunmen opened fire at a police checkpoint in el-Wassta district in the province of Beni Suef, south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian authorities on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, accused the ousted president’s Muslim Brotherhood of forming a “military wing” to stage attacks on security forces in the southern province, as months-long street rallies by the group’s supporters wane but low-level violence steadily rises. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 file photo, Egyptians pray during the funeral of five policemen killed after masked gunmen opened fire at a police checkpoint in el-Wassta district in the province of Beni Suef, south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian authorities on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, accused the ousted president’s Muslim Brotherhood of forming a “military wing” to stage attacks on security forces in the southern province, as months-long street rallies by the group’s supporters wane but low-level violence steadily rises. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 file photo, Egyptians carry five coffins of policemen killed after masked gunmen opened fire at a police checkpoint in el-Wassta district in the province of Beni Suef, south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian authorities on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, accused the ousted president’s Muslim Brotherhood of forming a “military wing” to stage attacks on security forces in the southern province, as months-long street rallies by the group’s supporters wane but low-level violence steadily rises. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 file photo, an Egyptian policeman is overcome by grief at the funeral of several comrades killed after masked gunmen opened fire at a police checkpoint in el-Wassta district in the province of Beni Suef, south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian authorities on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, accused the ousted president’s Muslim Brotherhood of forming a “military wing” to stage attacks on security forces in the southern province, as months-long street rallies by the group’s supporters wane but low-level violence steadily rises. (AP Photo/Aly Hazzaa, El Shorouk Newspaper, File) EGYPT OUT
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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A firefighter is silhouetted by the flames that consumed a maintenance building early Sunday Feb. 9, 2014, at the Winchester Ammunition Plant in East Alton, Ill. The first of several high pressure steam pipes which burst in the intense heat, begins to spew, background. Despite the efforts of more than 25 firefighters from as many as seven local fire departments, the building was a total loss. The cause is under investigation. (AP Photo/The Telegraph,John Badman) THE NEWS-DEMOCRAT AND THE POST-DISPATCH OUT
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FILE - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Keansburg, N.J., of residents whose homes in Keansburg, were heavily damaged by Superstorm Sandy. Investigations into whether Christie had a role in causing traffic jams as political retribution could make advancing his agenda a challenge. The Republican governor is finding some Democratic legislators are more likely to push back against his proposals and appointees because they see him as weakened by the scandal. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
