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McConnell made it clear that if Republicans and Democrats fail to reach an agreement on energy amendments, the stalemate in the Senate on a wide range of bills will continue. “We all want to do the defense authorization bill, but right now the No. 1 issue in the country is the price of gas at the pump,” McConnell said. “Why would we want to get off that issue and go to anything else?”

Mary Cheney, the vice president's lesbian daughter, had her first child this morning at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C. Samuel David Cheney was born at 9:46 a.m., weighing 8 lbs., 6 oz. ... "The vice president is pleased to be a grandfather for the sixth time," spokeswoman Megan McGinn said.