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Kara Rowland

Kara Rowland, a congressional reporter for The Washington Times, is a D.C. area native. She attended the University of Virginia, where she majored in American government and would spend nearly all her waking hours as managing editor of The Cavalier Daily, U.Va''s independent student newspaper.

Her interest in political reporting was piqued by an internship at Roll Call the summer before her fourth year. She joined the Business desk of The Times in October 2005, eventually becoming the paper's media and technology reporter.

In fall 2008, she switched to the National desk, where she now covers Congress.

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GOP challenges job stimulus data

'Propaganda' for a second bill

Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

The government watchdog in charge of tracking stimulus dollars said he can't be sure how many jobs the $787 billion program has created, admitting it "could be above or below" the 640,000 jobs the administration touts.

GOP's bid to filibuster judicial nominee fails

Senate vote clears path for Obama's 1st circuit court pick

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

The Democrat-led Senate squashed Republican efforts to filibuster Judge David Hamilton Tuesday, clearing the way for confirmation of President Obama's first circuit court nominee.

Republicans threaten to block terror trials

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

House Republicans say they'll make Democrats feel the political heat for President Obama's decision to try Sept. 11 attack plotters in U.S. civilian courts by trying to force a vote on a bill to block those trials.

GOP weighs filibuster of judge nominee

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

Republicans who decried filibusters of President George W. Bush's nominees now are considering using the tactic against one of President Obama's nominees.

N.H. mayor Guinta eyes House

Cut taxes, spending key, he says

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

Frank Guinta, the Republican mayor of Manchester, N.H., says the message is clear for a Republican Party that no longer holds a House seat anywhere in New England: Cutting taxes and spending is the way to the swing voter's heart, even in liberal-leaning blue states.

Owens tops Hoffman in N.Y. House race

87 percent of votes counted

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

UPDATED: The extraordinary special election in New York for the 23rd Congressional District seat ended with a Democratic triumph Tuesday night, but the battle over what it means to the Republican Party is still far from over.

Biden asks voters to send message to GOP

Campaigns in N.Y. election

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said the New York special congressional election, which is roiling after the Republican nominee pulled out and endorsed the Democrat, will be a chance for voters to send a message that the Republican Party has become too extreme.

Biden to moderate Republicans in NY-23: 'Join us'

Monday, Nov. 2, 2009

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., stumping here Monday for the Democratic candidate in a special House race that has attracted national attention, tried to capitalize on infighting among Republicans over the race by calling on moderate members of the party to "join us in teaching a lesson to those absolutists."

Outsiders' influence irks voters in N.Y. House race

Monday, Nov. 2, 2009

One day after conservative activists succeeded in forcing Republican Dede Scozzafava to quit New York's special congressional election, many residents in this sleepy town just south of the Canadian border say they are fed up with outsiders influencing the race.

GOP nominee pulls out of N.Y. race

Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009

Dede Scozzafava, the Republican nominee for a New York House seat, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign, citing a recent poll that shows her too far behind to win.