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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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President Barack Obama speaks at a meeting with Democratic female members of Congress to discuss the administration’s economic agenda and minimum wage efforts at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. From left are Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Mn., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama: Raising minimum wage will close gender gap

Seeking to give new momentum to his proposal to raise the national minimum wage, President Obama said Wednesday that hiking the rate to $10.10 an hour will chiefly benefit women, who make up the majority of minimum-wage workers struggling in the economy.

March 12, 2014
** FILE ** Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin addresses the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Saturday, March 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Palin dings Obama, calls for conservative reinforcements in Washington

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called on conservatives Saturday to strengthen their limited government ranks in the midterm election - even if it means replacing GOP lawmakers that have been reluctant to take a more aggressive stance against the Obama administration.

March 8, 2014
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference annual meeting in National Harbor, Md., Saturday, March 8, 2014. Saturday marks the third and final day of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which brings together prospective presidential candidates, conservative opinion leaders and tea party activists from coast to coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

CPAC 2014: Bachmann says country will elect ‘right’ female president

Rep. Michelle Bachmann helped open the final day of the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) by lambasting former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton over U.S. foreign policy and the Sept. 11, 2012 terror attacks in Benghazi, Libya, while still predicting that the U.S. will elect the "right" woman president in the near future.

March 8, 2014
**FILE** Mike Huckabee speaks during the Republican National Committee's annual winter meeting in Washington on Jan. 23, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

CPAC 2014: Huckabee says government impeding religious liberty

Former Arkansas governor and erstwhile presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee threw out red meat to social conservatives Friday morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference, saying religious liberty must not be impeded by government and Americans need to remember the United States was founded by God.

March 7, 2014
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, walks onto the stage holding a gun before speaking at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference in National Harbor, Md., Thursday. (Associated Press)

CPAC 2014: McConnell works to reassure conservatives

Sen. Mitch McConnell assured conservative activists he won't disappoint them if they give him enough troops for the GOP to take control of the Senate in November's elections, as he sought to tamp down a growing rift between tea party activists and top Republican leaders on Capitol Hill.

March 6, 2014
At a Crossroads: Sen. Ted Cruz (left) of Texas, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (center) and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida are among the conference speakers grappling with the question of how to govern while sticking to conservative principles. (Associated Press)

CPAC 2014: GOP optimism, agenda emerge at CPAC

Gov. Chris Christie fired up the crowd at CPAC Thursday with his call for Republicans to present a positive agenda, while Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio laid out the outlines of what that kind of agenda could look like — and Rep. Paul Ryan sounded like a man who's seriously thinking about running for the White House.

March 6, 2014
**FILE** NRA CEO & EVP Wayne LaPierre at CPAC 2013

CPAC 2014: NRA’s LaPierre says gun owners won’t back down

NRA executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre said Thursday that more Americans are buying guns because the country is in trouble, ripping "political dishonesty and media dishonesty" he says are undercutting the U.S. Constitution and his own organization.

March 6, 2014
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 6, 2014. Christie attacked the media in his return to the national stage for the first time since a political retribution scandal erupted in his home state. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

CPAC 2014: Christie says GOP has to shake contrarian image

One year removed from being snubbed by CPAC, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie drew a standing ovation from conservative activists Thursday, pointing to his own re-election last year as an example that standing on principle and winning elections are not mutually exclusive.

March 6, 2014