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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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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.

Battles over cost, taxes, Medicare loom for House health plan

Democrats' bill would cover 96% of citizens

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

Under the House blueprint, nearly all Americans for the first time would be required to purchase health insurance and most large employers would have to provide it, with tax credits available to low- and middle-income people.

Democrats handpick reform bill audience

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

House Democrats blocked the public from attending the unveiling ceremony of their health-care bill Thursday morning, allowing only pre-approved visitors whose names appeared on lists to enter the event at the West side of the Capitol.

N.Y. GOP rift spreads to races in other states

Tea-party roots new litmus test

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

Doug Hoffman's insurgent campaign in New York's special House race, which had already split national Republican leaders, is now turning into a litmus test for other Republican congressional candidates running in 2010 to prove their conservative credentials.

Conservative in N.Y. race claims he's at 'heart' of GOP

Hoffman insists he's no spoiler

Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009

Doug Hoffman says he's fighting for the "heart and soul of the Republican Party" by running as a Conservative Party candidate, so don't call him a spoiler.

Pelosi easing 'robust public option' stance

Heartened by Senate mood

Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent signals that she could accept a moderate version of the "public" health insurance option amid signs that Senate Democratic leaders are leaning toward including the option in their bill.