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Delegate Chris Jones, Suffolk Republican, listens to debate on the transportation funding bill during the House session at the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, in Richmond. The House passed its version of the transportation funding bill. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Members of United We Dream in the audience rose and held signs as Rep. Darrel E. Issa, California Republican, was being introduced to speak at an immigration hearing on Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (from left), New York Democrat; E. Scott Rigell, Virginia Republican; Patrick Meehan, Pennsylvania Republican; and Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Democrat, prepare Tuesday to announce legislation to make firearms trafficking a federal crime and stiffen laws against straw buyers. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A conservative super PAC that is a spawn of Karl Rove’s American Crossroads has sparked much tea party criticism for abandoning conservative principles and backing moderate candidates. associated press
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Palestinian students attend class in a Ramallah, West Bank, school Sunday. A U.S.-funded study released Monday said both Israeli and Palestinian schoolbooks largely present one-sided narratives of the two sides' conflict. (Associated Press)
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Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev (left) and Prime Minister Boyko Boriossov were at Tuesday's briefing when investigators said Hezbollah planned the attack. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Libyan militias from towns throughout the country's west parade through Tripoli on Feb. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)
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From left: Members of various law enforcement agencies surround Reps. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, Patrick Meehan, Pennsylvania Republican, Scott Rigell, Virginia Republican, and Carolyn Maloney, New York Democrat, as they hold a press conference Feb. 5, 2013, in Washington to introduce the first bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives during the 113th Congress, which would make firearms trafficking a federal crime and impose stronger penalties for straw purchasers who buy guns for convicted felons and others who are prohibited from buying guns on their own. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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From left: Reps. Carolyn Maloney, New York Democrat, Scott Rigell, Virginia Republican, Patrick Meehan, Pennsylvania Republican, and Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, great each other before a press conference Feb. 5, 2013, in Washington to introduce the first bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives during the 113th Congress, which would make firearms trafficking a federal crime and impose stronger penalties for straw purchasers who buy guns for convicted felons and others who are prohibited from buying guns on their own. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf speaks about the office's annual Budget and Economic Outlook during a news conference at the Ford House Office Building in Washington on Feb. 5, 2013. (Associated Press)
