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This May 15, 2017, file photo shows Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks announcing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Huntsville, Ala. (Bob Gathany/AL.com via AP, File) **FILE**

Mo Brooks of Alabama will object to Biden’s Electoral College votes

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Bedke, Winder to lead House and Senate in new Legislature

By KEITH RIDLER - Associated Press

Lawmakers eye curbing governor’s powers during health crises

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

South Carolina House members listen to a speech by Speaker Jay Lucas during the House's organization session on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. Lucas was first elected Speaker for the 2015 session. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Same leadership, same issues for SC’s budget committee

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the morning sun illuminates the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Lawmaker in wheelchair puts Capitol access in spotlight

By BENTE BIRKELAND - Associated Press

N.C. House speaker’s chief of staff going to UNC system

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 15, 2015 file photo, House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, listens to during a news conference at the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, Ill. Three more Democrats withdrew support on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020,from Speaker Michael Madigan's continued control of the Illinois House after his closest confidant and three others were indicted in a long-running bribery scheme involving utility giant ComEd. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, File)

Irked Illinois governor to Speaker: End ‘political circus’

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

In this Nov. 12, 2020, file photo speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pauses as she meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Dems nominate Pelosi as speaker again to lead into Biden era

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Victoria Spartz, the winner of the race for Indiana's 5th Congressional District, gives a press conference in Westfield, Ind., Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. The Republican defeated Democratic challenger Christina Hale in the race. (Robert Scheer/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

Newly-elected conservative women pave the way for a Republican majority

By Parissa Sedghi

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore confers with Principal Clerk James White on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at the General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

Moore poised to win record-tying fourth term as N.C. speaker

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Analysis: Notes from a ‘virtually’ crowded courtroom

Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi stands firm on $3.4 trillion coronavirus bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Democrats won’t reach 2/3rd supermajority in Legislature

By SARA CLINE - Associated Press

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks about the coronavirus, while Attorney General Jeff Landry, center, and LSU football coach Ed Orgeron listen, on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. A Louisiana judge on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 rejected an effort by Republican state House members to force an end to Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ statewide mask mandate and other restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Judge: GOP petition blocking virus rules is unconstitutional

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about his state's response to Hurricane Laura and to the coronavirus pandemic during a news conference, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Louisiana GOP petition blocking John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus orders unconstitutional, judge rules

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 11, 2020 file photo, Rep. Don Lehe, R-Brookston, speaks during an Indiana House session at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. Indiana lawmakers are preparing to move much of their 2021 legislative session activity out of the Statehouse over coronavirus concerns. A joint House-Senate committee on Wednesday, Sept. 9 endorsed a plan aimed at allowing the 100-member House hold its floor sessions and committee meetings in the auditorium and conference rooms in a state office building next to the Statehouse in downtown Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Davies File)

No face mask rule for Indiana lawmakers despite virus spread

By TOM DAVIES - Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Senate braces for lame-duck fights over border wall money, ICE

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel participates in a press conference in Santa Ana, Calif., announcing the Stigma Free OC campaign to promote mental health and suicide prevention services on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Steel is competing with Democratic incumbent Rep. Harley Rouda for the 48th congressional district. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP)

Republican wins back US House seat in Southern California

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2019, file photo, a vendor makes change for a marijuana customer at a cannabis marketplace in Los Angeles. Voters in four states could embrace broad legal marijuana sales on Election Day, setting the stage for a watershed year for the industry that could snowball into neighboring states as well as reshape policy on Capitol Hill. The Nov. 3, 2020, contests will take place in markedly different regions of the country, New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota and Montana and approval of the proposals would highlight how public acceptance of cannabis is cutting across geography, demographics and the nation's deep political divide. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Election revives recreational pot initiatives in New Mexico

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press