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Obama, GOP-led Congress prepare for veto showdowns

Charles Babington, Jim Kuhnhenn

Struggling governors could hurt GOP’s Senate hopes

Charles Babington, Christina A. Cassidy

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2014 file photo Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, left, and Greg Orman walk to the stage before a Senate debate in Hutchinson, Kan. Orman, an independent candidate challenging Roberts for the U.S. Senate in Kansas, has turned a longshot independent bid into a threat to the GOP veteran. Even if Roberts survives the challenge from independent Orman, Republicans also must lock down South Dakota, a once-unthinkable concern. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) (AP)

Upside-down Kansas, other surprises, enliven races

Charles Babington

Senate GOP ‘civil wars’ lagging in NC, elsewhere

Charles Babington

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2013 file photo, Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., speaks to a meeting of university officials in Little Rock, Ark. Americas self-sorting into Republican and Democratic regions is reshaping the Senate, where the GOP is benefiting from its expanding success in small, conservative states. Republican senators are entrenching themselves in small states that elected Democratic senators a few years ago, even as those states reliably backed Republican presidential candidates. Arkansas' last remaining congressional Democrat, Pryor, is in an intense struggle for re-election this fall. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File) (AP)

GOP’s small-state edge boosts its Senate hopes

Charles Babington

GOP base shifts even farther to the right

Charles Babington

Filibuster showdown imminent in the Senate

Charles Babington

GOP splits over immigration and terrorism play out

Charles Babington

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Boehner steadies GOP team, reframes deficit debate

Charles Babington

Obama has long work list to tackle when he returns

Charles Babington

Obama to visit storm victims as campaign rolls on

Nedra Pickler, Charles Babington

Dems see Latino-based future as union clout wanes

Charles Babington

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich delivers an economic speech to the 51st Washington Conference with Laffer Associates, Friday, May 13, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Gingrich: GE “clever” to pay zero corporate taxes

Charles Babington

FILE - In this April 1, 2011, file photo House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to discuss GOP efforts to create jobs and cut spending. The dilemma facing Boehner to pass a fast-approaching spending compromise and avert a government shutdown is to get the overwhelming majority of votes to come from fellow Republicans, even if dozens of easily attainable Democratic votes could help carry the budget bill to victory. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

Boehner wants to pass spending cuts with GOP alone

Charles Babington

In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., takes part in a reenactment of her swearing-in, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing at least five people and wounding several others in a rampage that rattled the nation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (AP)

Lawmakers want calmer politics, post-Tucson

Calvin Woodward, Charles Babington

House Democrats keep Nancy Pelosi as their leader

Charles Babington

Rand Paul wins Senate seat in Kentucky

Charles Babington

Obama prepares for Democrat power ebb

Charles Babington

Obama urges base against progress repeal

Charles Babington

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul is shown during an interview at his campaign headquarters after winning his party's primary election in Bowling Green, Ky., Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke) (AP)

GOP officials ponder how to help, and tame, Rand Paul

Charles Babington

Democrats weigh value of an Obama endorsement

Charles Babington

Obama to Dems: Our fate tied to health bill

Charles Babington

Some Democrats are changing their mind on healthcare

Charles Babington