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FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2021, file photo flooded streets and homes are shown in the Spring Meadow subdivision in LaPlace, La., after Hurricane Ida moved through. In a season of daunting wildfires and flooding, the Biden administration is taking an initial step to assess how climate change could harm financial markets, planning to launch a 75-day comment period Tuesday, Aug. 31, on how the impacts could reshape the insurance sector. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Democrats more likely than Republicans to believe false claims on climate change: survey

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meets with reporters after a marathon &quot;vote-a-rama&quot; to advance President Joe Biden's federal priorities, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Dem sees tough pathway for $3.5T social, climate plans

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump points to supporters after speaking at a Turning Point Action gathering in Phoenix on Saturday, July 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) **FILE**

Trump urges GOP to reject infrastructure deal: ‘Don’t let the radical left play you’ for ‘fools’

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a crucial 50th vote for Democrats on President Joe Biden's proposals, walks with reporters as senators go to the chamber for votes ahead of the approaching Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Senate Republicans are ready to deploy the filibuster to block a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection, shattering chances for a bipartisan probe of the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and reviving pressure to do away with the procedural tactic that critics say has lost its purpose. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘New Mitch McConnell’: Democrats go from wooing to booing Manchin for blocking Biden’s agenda

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol is seen as national guard members pass by on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 20, 2021. The House voted to create an independent commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, sending the legislation to an uncertain future in the Senate. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

EDITORIAL: Democrats strain to harden the U.S. Capitol

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, right, speaks as he stands beside state Attorney General Josh Shapiro during a news conference about legal action in the dispute between health insurance providers UPMC and Highmark, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) ** FILE **

Filibuster becomes key issue for midterm Senate races

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, April 21, 2021 file photo, officials unload election equipment into the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the state fairgrounds in Phoenix. Maricopa County officials began delivering equipment used in the November election won by President Joe Biden on Wednesday and will move 2.1 million ballots to the site Thursday so Republicans in the state Senate who have expressed uncertainty that Biden's victory was legitimate can recount them and audit the results. (AP Photo/Matt York) ** FILE **

Arizona Republicans seize all ballots, voting machines from Maricopa County

By Jonathan J. Cooper and Bob Christie - Associated Press

Election conspiracies live on with audit by Arizona GOP

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Committee advances Democratic budget focused on equity

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

In this April 15, 2021, photo President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House in Washington. In recent days, Mr. Biden has piled new sanctions on Russia, announced he would withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan in less than five months and backed away from a campaign promise to sharply raise refugee admission caps. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Joe Biden risks base in ignoring liberal wish list, Democrats warn

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to the media, Thursday, April 15, 2021, during her weekly briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Nancy Pelosi: ‘No plans’ to bring Supreme Court expansion bill to the floor

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President-elect Joe Biden stands left as the podium is cleaned as he introduces his nominees and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

AP-NORC poll: US economic outlook rises after relief law

By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT - Associated Press

In this May. 5, 2020, file photo, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic U.S. senators from New Mexico have frozen the nomination process for two U.S. District Court vacancies until after the November election, citing the president's politicization of the process. Sens. Martin Heinrich, and Tom Udall, who is not running for re-election as he retires at the end of the year, not seen, put the brakes on appointments prior to the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in response a Trump appearance at the White House to promote his future judiciary appointments and denounce a radical leftwing movement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

Green New Deal Democrats join backlash against Biden’s oil drilling freeze on public lands

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sun shines on the U.S. Capitol dome, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

By slimmest of margins, Senate takes up $1.9T relief bill

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2021, file photo, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In an interview with The Associated Press, Sen. Thune, the chamber's No. 2 Republican, likened Trump's insults of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to &quot;food fights within the family,&quot; saying they hurt the Republican party's goals. Thune also talked about his vote to acquit Trump of inciting the attack on the U.S. Capitol that left five people dead. (Tom Williams/Pool Photo via AP File)

GOP’s Thune says Trump allies engaging in ‘cancel culture’

By STEPHEN GROVES - Associated Press

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

John Thune: Donald Trump allies engaging in ‘cancel culture’

By Stephen Groves - Associated Press

Democratic House impeachment managers, from left, Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., depart the Senate chamber after the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump ended, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Trump was found not guilty of the charge of inciting the January 6 attack on the Congress by a mob of his supporters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jamie Raskin: Impeachment a ‘dramatic success’ despite Trump acquittal

By Ryan Lovelace and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Lawmakers say virus proves health insurance changes needed

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, photo, President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort. AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump rejects Dems’ request to testify at impeachment trial

By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press