Politics

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Texas Republican Rep. Steve Stockman posted this picture on his Twitter feed with 'Duck Dynasty' Willie Robertson.

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Police lights reflect as the motorcade carrying President Barack Obama to give his State of the Union speech arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Duck Dynasty's Willie Robertson, center and his wife Korie, talk with Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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There were some exceptions, particularly in the Senate, where the newly minted legislative team of Sens. Dean Heller (left) and Jack Reed hooked up. The Nevada Republican and Rhode Island Democrat made waves over the last two months by partnering to try to pass an extension of federal unemployment benefits, with Mr. Heller bucking many in his own party to work with Democrats.

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"This will be the year that conservatives begin pulling the nation back from the brink of Barack Obama's disaster with a movement that inspires, unites, and discovers new solutions to our current challenges," says Daniel Schneider, executive director of the American Conservative Union. (AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION)