"Don't be too elated." - Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as Reid announced he would retire from the Senate when his term ends in 2017.

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Diana Rubens, director of the Philadelphia VA regional benefits office, was paid $288,000 in "relocation payments" to move the 140 miles from Washington, D.C. to her new place of work. Rubens, who was given large bonuses at a time when patient backlogs increased by 300,000, drew a base salary of $181,000 in 2014.

One day after approving a balanced budget, the House of Representatives passed a health care bill that will add an estimated $141 billion to the federal deficit over the next decade.