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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Charles Schumer of N.Y., speaks during an interview in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Dem opposition to Trump court pick grows; Schumer warns GOP

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this March 14, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Claire McCaskill backs filibuster of Neil Gorsuch, makes nuclear option likely

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCaskill is warning her party it could be politically dangerous to block President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Claire McCaskill not sold on filibuster of Neil Gorsuch

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this March 14, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democratic senator asks drugmakers about opioid sales plans

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this March 14, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Claire McCaskill launches probe of opioid manufacturers’ role in epidemic

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 23, 2016 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCaskill was one of many Democrats taking umbrage Thursday, March 2, 2017, at the revelation that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had twice met with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. during last year’s presidential campaign, during a furor over that country’s alleged interference in the election, and misled his colleagues about it during his confirmation hearing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

AP FACT CHECK: McCaskill wrong about contacts with Russian

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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2017 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. From Missouri to Montana, the nation’s most vulnerable Senate Democrats are avoiding town hall meetings altogether this week as their Republican counterparts get pummeled by an energized electorate frustrated with President Donald Trump’s early agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Democrat forgets her own Russian meetings

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Missouri’s McCaskill urges lawmakers to rethink border wall

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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2017 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. From Missouri to Montana, the nations most vulnerable Senate Democrats are avoiding town hall meetings altogether this week as their Republican counterparts get pummeled by an energized electorate frustrated with President Donald Trumps early agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Claire McCaskill promises to hold town hall meetings

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to a gathering of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Covington, Ky. Hundreds of people packed a closed city street outside a fancy hotel in northern Kentucky to protest Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's speech to the chamber of commerce. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Vulnerable Dems lay low as town hall angst rages

By STEVE PEOPLES - Associated Press

Counties able to get federal funds for drug monitoring

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Senators urge action to block drastic drug price hikes

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

Frances Johnson, widow of jazz and blues pianist Johnnie Johnson, holds up the Congressional Gold Medal that was awarded to her late husband on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, during a ceremony at the National Blues Museum in downtown St. Louis. Johnnie Johnson died in St. Louis in 2005. ( J.B. Forbes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Musician Johnnie Johnson gets Congressional Gold Medal

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Rep. W. Todd Akin of Missouri ignited a firestorm of criticism over his comments on rape. (Associated Press)

Sen. Claire McCaskill floats Todd Akin as possible running mate for Donald Trump

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., listens to witnesses testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on federal programs that equip state and local police with military equipment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Claire McCaskill: Bernie Sanders is the one winning ‘rigged’ contests

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2013 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks in St. Joseph, Mo. Much to her astonishment but fulfilling a lifelong dream, the former prosecutor was chosen Monday, Jan. 26, 2016 for jury duty in St. Louis to help decide a slip-and-fall case against a convenience store giant accused of negligence. (AP Photo/The St. Joseph News-Press, Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)

Claire McCaskill announces she has breast cancer, will take leave from Congress

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Army Maj. John Suprynowicz, a decorated Iraq War combatant, says investigators in a National Guard recruitment scandal have sullied his name and stopped his promotion to lieutenant colonel. (Photo courtesy of Army Maj. John Suprynowicz)

National Guard fraud claims taint recruiting assistants as top brass escapes accountability

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 17, 2014 file photo, Senate Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance subcommittee chair Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., questions witnesses during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCaskill is pushing some of the country’s largest retailers and online companies to drop dubious dietary supplements and vitamins, especially those promising seniors protection from memory loss, dementia and other age-related mental problems. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Claire McCaskill: Chuck Schumer won’t sway other Democrats on Iran nuclear deal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This photo provided by courtesy of HBO shows, Sophie Turner, left, as Sansa Stark, and Iwan Rheon, as Ramsay Bolton, in a scene from season 5 of "Game of Thrones." The show airs Sundays at 9 p.m. EDT. (Helen Sloan/HBO via AP)

‘Game of Thrones’ rape scene slammed by Claire McCaskill, other critics

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