Politics

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Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, (right) and Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican, both see an effort by the Obama adminstration to "pack" the D.C. Circuit Court with left-leaning judges. "With the administration's controversial executive agenda, the president appears to have targeted the D.C. Circuit in hopes he can pack the court and stack the deck to his advantage," Mr. Lee said. (Associated Press)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Republicans are trying to make something out of nothing regarding conservative groups and the Internal Revenue Service. (Associated Press)

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Michael A. Brown pleaded guilty to accepting money from undercover agents while he was on the D.C. Council.

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FILE - in this Feb. 20, 2013 file photo, former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr leaves federal court in Washington after he entered a guilty plea to criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. On Friday, June 7, 2013, prosecutors recommended Jackson be given four years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced July 3. The government is also recommending that Jackson pay $750,000 in restitution to the campaign and forfeit an additional $750,000. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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San Diego Mayoral candidate Bob Filner, right, makes a point while thanking San Diego School Board Vice President Scott Barnett for his endorsement Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 in San Diego. Filner, a democratic member of House of Representatives for nearly 20 years, received the endorsement from Barnett, who is a life time republican and former Executive Director of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

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Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers, foreground is shown in a council meetin with Council President Ken Cockrel Jr., background, in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. Conyers, the wife of a one of the nation's most powerful congressmen, John Conyers, and one of the most volatile and unpredictable elected leaders in Detroit. She has been accused of threatening to shoot a mayoral staffer and publicly called the city council president, and now incoming mayor, "Shrek." In less than two weeks, she takes over as Detroit City Council president when Ken Cockrel Jr. moves up to the mayor's office, replacing the disgraced Kwame Kilpatrick. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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** FILE ** Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for a hearing to consider his reappointment to the military's highest post, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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"Too often, this president acts as if he is above the law. He ignores the law when it comes to his health care law; he ignores the enforcement of immigration laws; and now he is applying this approach to defense policy." — Rep. Mike Rogers, Alabama Republican and chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces