In Today’s Times
- As the nation’s leading opponent of same-sex marriage, Brian S. Brown will see all of his work put to the ultimate test on Tuesday in a hearing before the Supreme Court, Sheryl Gay Stolberg writes.
- After more than three years without one, Senate Democrats on Friday submitted a budget that Republicans responded to with hundreds of amendments, which prompted hours of laborious votes that sent the chamber into a marathon session known as the “vote-orama,†Jonathan Weisman reports.
- It was another turbulent week for President Obama’s health care law, Robert Pear writes. Enrollment for the insurance markets begins in six months, and the amount of work to be done is staggering, officials say.
- President Obama will designate five new national monuments on Monday, John M. Broder reports. After being criticized in his first term for favoring oil and gas development over land conservation, Mr. Obama is now acting aggressively to set aside public lands and waters for permanent protection.
Happenings in Washington
- The president will return to the United States on Saturday evening.
- The annual “Blacks in Wax†program will be held at the Kennedy Center on Saturday, featuring local youth posing as wax statues of famous black Americans of the past and present. At the touch of a spotlight, each figure comes to life and delivers a biographical monologue.
