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Louisiana's Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and Republican challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy met Monday in a debate before Saturday's runoff election. (Associated Press)

Mary Landrieu, Bill Cassidy faceoff in final debate

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

The re-election bid of Sen. Mary Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat, is likely doomed after Senate Democrats filibustered the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday. Ms. Landrieu was already struggling to unify her party and eat into Republican support, and the pipeline, which she set up as a test of her leadership, backfired. (Associated Press)

Keystone XL pipeline: Senate Democrats filibuster, stiff Mary Landrieu for green lobby

By Stephen Dinan and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Landrieu blowing smoke on Keystone pipeline

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this photo taken Nov. 4, 2014, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., acknowledges supporters at her election night headquarters in New Orleans. Republicans have promised her Senate opponent Rep. Bill Cassidy a seat on the Senate's energy committee if he defeats Landrieu in the state's runoff election next month. The move undercuts one of Landrieu's chief campaign arguments, that voters in the state with a robust oil and gas industry need her and her seniority on the committee. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Democrats abandoning embattled Sen. Mary Landrieu in Louisiana runoff

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Mary L. Landrieu has called for a vote on Keystone XL. (Associated Press)

Senate Democrats to tackle Keystone, NSA snooping in lame-duck session

By S.A. Miller and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., speaks to reporters, surrounded by supporters, in front of the New Orleans VA Hospital construction site, the day after being forced into a runoff against her main challenger, Rep. Paul Cassidy, R-La., in New Orleans, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

WES PRUDEN: Mary Landrieu’s shaky re-election bid; good times roll again on the Louisiana bayou

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., participates in a Senate race debate with fellow candidates Republican candidate and Tea Party favorite Rob Maness and Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

EDITORIAL: Landrieu gaffe: A liberal commits candor

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. responds to questions about threats he has received that are being investigated by the U.S. Capitol Police, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid says he's received threats mailed to his home that he calls "ugly, vile, vulgar" which cite scripture from the Bible. (AP Photo)

Democrats distance themselves from Harry Reid ahead of midterms

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

From left, Rep. Bill Cassidy, retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness, and Sen. Mary Landrieu wait moments before the debate, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 at Centenary College in Shreveport, La. (AP Photo/The Shreveport Times, Henrietta Wildsmith)

Louisiana tea partyer could split GOP vote, force Senate runoff

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy (left), Republican candidate Rob Maness and Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu (right), participate in a debate at Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Top three Louisiana hopefuls spar over Obamacare, Medicare

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Mary Landrieu was spotted pouring beer into the mouth of a Louisiana State University fan who was doing a keg stand during a tailgating event on Saturday. (Twitchy)

Sen. Mary Landrieu helps LSU fan with keg stand

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

**FILE** Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords blows a kiss Sept. 6, 2012, after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. (Associated Press)

Democrats in pro-gun states turn down help from Giffords

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Work has begun on the Keystone XL pipeline near Winona, Texas, but whether it will ever carry oil sands from central Canada to Gulf Coast refineries awaits a decision by President Obama. (Tyler [Texas] Morning Telegraph via Associated Press)

Senate panel clears bill to build Keystone XL pipeline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama has nominated Norman C. Bay for a promotion as one of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's five powerful commissioners. (FERC)

Powhatan Energy brothers take stand against federal regulators on futures trades

By Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

"We believe this bill will increase the protection of children" and help ensure that parents raise children, not governments, Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat and lead sponsor of the Children in Families First Act (CHIFF) in the Senate, said Tuesday. (associated press)

International adoption bill orphaned

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Sen. Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, one of the Senate's most endangered Democrats, was the lead sponsor of the energy bill that included the pipeline. (Associated Press)

Push for Keystone vote puts Senate Democrats in a bind in election year

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Red-state Democrats blast latest Keystone delay

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Landrieu to tour Port of New Orleans

Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ERICKSON: Holding Senate Democrats accountable for Obamacare’s fallout

By Scott Erickson

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, leaves the floor of the Senate after skirmishing with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., over the Affordable Care Act, popularly know as "Obamacare," at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Ted Cruz’s talkathon mostly a spectacle

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times