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Jacqueline Klimas

Jacqueline Klimas

Jacqueline Klimas covers Capitol Hill for The Washington Times. She can be reached at jklimas@washingtontimes.com.

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In this Tuesday, March 11, 2014, photo, Nora Milligan looks through a pile of legal health care documents before an interview at her home in Patchogue, N.Y. Milligan, a single mother, fought health care providers in court for denial of care to her heroin-addicted son. Having exhausted her finances for his care, she continues to live in the home she raised him even as it is being foreclosed. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Uninsured rate lowest since 2008, poll finds

The uninsured rate in America is the lowest since 2008, suggesting that Obamacare is helping more people get covered, a poll released Monday found. Published April 7, 2014

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. pauses while speakig at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, following a Senate vote on military sexual assaults. The Senate blocked a bill that would have stripped senior military commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses, capping an emotional, nearly yearlong fight over how best to curb sexual assault in the ranks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Senators turn attention to sex assault on campus

Despite being at odds in the debate on military sex assault, Democratic Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Claire McCaskill of Missouri are teaming up to tackle sex assault on college campuses. Published April 4, 2014

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada pauses while speaking with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, following a Senate Policy Luncheon. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Senate breaks filibuster, moves ahead on unemployment insurance bill

Senate Democrats on Wednesday finally broke a GOP-led filibuster that for months had held up a new round of federal benefits for the nation's jobless, leaving Republican leaders steaming as they lost their chance to offer amendments they say would create jobs and reform the welfare system. Published April 2, 2014

General Motors CEO Mary Barra testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation. The committee is looking for answers from Barra about safety defects and mishandled recall of 2.6 million small cars with a faulty ignition switch that's been linked to 13 deaths and dozen of crashes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GM CEO Mary Barra dodges lawmakers’ recall questions

A contrite General Motors CEO Mary Barra apologized Tuesday for deaths caused by a major ignition defect in some of its most popular cars, but she had few answers for irate lawmakers who demanded to know why the company waited until this year to issue a recall when the problems had been going on for a decade. Published April 1, 2014

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he expects the Senate to pass a jobless-benefits funding bill this week after Monday's agreement on a voice vote to take up the legislation, from which he barred amendments. "Hopefully, the Republicans in the House will have the soft hearts and strong minds to allow this to pass over there," the Nevada Democrat said afterward. (Associated Press photographs)

Senate clears way for debate of unemployment benefits extension

Senate Democrats are launching their fourth try to extend benefits for the long-term unemployed, signaling just how much political payoff they think the issue offers in an election year — though analysts said it may not be enough to grab the spotlight away from issues like Obamacare. Published March 31, 2014

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, left, who admitted to inappropriate relationships with three subordinates, arrives at the courthouse with attorney Ellen Brotman, right, for sentencing at Fort Bragg, N.C., Thursday, March 20, 2014. Sinclair was reprimanded and docked $20,000 in pay Thursday, avoiding jail time in one of the U.S. military's most closely watched courts-martial. (AP Photo/Ellen Ozier)

Battle still rages after general’s sexual assault sentencing

Both sides in the military sexual assault debate are finding ammunition in last week's sentencing of Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair — one of the highest-profile court-martial cases in military history, and one that shows just how tricky it could be to reduce the assault rate in the ranks and successfully punish offenders. Published March 27, 2014

**FILE** Sen. Jack Reed, Rhode Island Democrat (Associated Press)

Senate votes to advance unemployment insurance extension

The Senate voted Thursday to move forward on a bill to renew unemployment insurance, though the plan still faces more votes in the Senate and opposition in the House if it even reaches the lower chamber. Published March 27, 2014

**FILE** Rep. Frank R. Wolf, Virginia Republican (Associated Press)

Lawmakers worry China will top U.S. in scientific research

As budget constraints limit how much federal funding can go to research and development, lawmakers said Thursday they worried America is losing its edge over international rivals — China in particular. Published March 27, 2014

U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson is accused of striking a deal to stall the formation of an interim Egyptian government to give Mohammed Morsi a chance to return. (Associated Press)

GOP accuses administration of having no strategy in Syria

Republicans accused the Obama administration of having no strategy in Syria on Wednesday, but the administration fired back that it does have a strategy – it just can't tell them what it is. Published March 26, 2014

From left, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Jeanie Borlaug Laube, daughter of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, look to a statue of the late Dr. Norman E. Borlaug during its unveiling in National Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Agriculture visionary Norman Borlaug honored with statue at U.S. Capitol

Congress gave a place of honor Tuesday to agriculture visionary Norman Borlaug, adding his statue to the Capitol’s Statuary Hall, but congressional leaders said an even better way to carry on his legacy is to continue his research to feed the world. Published March 25, 2014