- David A. Fahrenthold
- Reporter
David A. Fahrenthold covers Congress for the Washington Post. He has been at the Post since 2000, and previously covered (in order) the D.C. police, New England, and the environment.
Will Okla. lawmakers support federal funds for tornado relief?
A majority of the congressional delegation voted against Hurricane Sandy funds.
House votes to repeal Obamacare for 37th time
Two Democrats join 227 Republicans in voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
House readies to vote on yet another bill to repeal health-care law
Republicans will lead the measure to approval, again, and the Senate will strike it down, again.
Voting to repeal, over and over
Since Republicans took control of the House in 2011, the chamber has voted 36 times to repeal either all, or part, of President Obama's health-care law.
- IRS official Lois Lerner becomes face of scandal over targeting of conservative groups
- Activist Adam Kokesh has history of rabble-rousing and self-promotion
- With 10 patterns, U.S. military branches out on camouflage front
- Congress finds it hard to let Federal Helium Program run out of gas
- Feds spend at least $890,000 on fees for empty accounts
- Second Boston Marathon bombing suspect arrested after day of lockdown
- Second Boston bombing suspect taken into custody
- Backpack Brothers an example of the drawbacks to Internet sleuthing
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