| Maybe he would have had better luck crossing party lines and working with Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. |
| He had crushed former U.S. Rep. deb Halvorson in the primary, two years after she lost her seat to a Republican. |
| Clay Aiken is contemplating a run for Congress against Rep. Renee Ellmers and the North Carolina congresswoman is not impressed. |
| Leading House Republicans, including Rep. Paul Ryan, have trumpeted their eagerness to force a budget sequester in March. |
| Rep. Walter Jones, an antiwar Republican, was one of the few to give voice to the problem. |
| Rep. Mark Sanford, the Appalachian trail-hopping ex-governor who now represents the city in Congress, spent the day in Washington. |
