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Articles by Jacqueline Klimas

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Senators move to block U.S. benefits to ex-Nazis

Members of Congress rushed Thursday to announce legislation to close a loophole that has allowed Nazi war-crime suspects to collect millions of dollars in Social Security benefits.

October 23, 2014
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (left) and Sen. Pat Roberts, both Kansas Republicans, are facing tough re-election bids that analysts say has more to do with candidate troubles than with dissatisfaction with the GOP. (Associated Press)

Sam Brownback, Pat Roberts struggling in Kansas

Deep-red Kansas should have been an easy hold for Republicans this year, but some big-name GOP officeholders face tough re-election bids that analysts say signal more about the candidates' troubles than about dissatisfaction with their party as a whole.

October 19, 2014
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)

Roberts, Orman clash over leadership, Ebola and Harry Reid

While Sen. Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican, pointed fingers at the president's leadership style, his opponent Greg Orman, an independent, said Mr. Roberts had a "crisis of leadership" of his own to deal with while accusing him of shirking duties in D.C.

October 15, 2014
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., addresses supporters during the Michigan Democratic election night party in Detroit. The Detroit Democrat has been disqualified from the August primary ballot because of problems with his nominating petitions. But Michigan election officials are expected to make a decision Friday, May 23, 2014, on Conyers' appeal. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Conyers most effective Dem in the House: study

Rep. John Conyers Jr. was the most effective Democrat in the House during the 112th Congress, according to a new study by two academics that tries to calculate who, despite the gridlock in Washington, has been the best at pushing legislation through Congress.

October 14, 2014
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D- Md.,  (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) **FILE**

Complacency in Secret Service led to breach: Dem rep

Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, said Sunday that a culture of complacency in the Secret Service has led to the recent security failure that let a man get into the front door of the White House.

October 5, 2014