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In this May 5, 2020, file photo Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

Tom Cotton opposes statehood for D.C.; says ‘naked power grab’ would ‘rig the rules of Democracy’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Virus response, reopen fights mark N.C. legislative session

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

In this June 17, 2020, photo, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., accompanied by Republican senators speaks at a news conference to announce a Republican police reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. Initially reluctant to speak on race, Scott is now among the Republican Party’s most prominent voices teaching his colleagues what it’s like to be a Black man in America. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

House passes sweeping police overhaul after Floyd’s death

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Cawthorn campaign staffer Patrick Sebastian, Madison Cawthorn speaks to supporters, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Hendersonville, N.C. Cawthorn won Tuesday's Republican primary runoff for a western North Carolina congressional seat over President Donald Trump's endorsed candidate for the nomination. (Patrick Sebastian/Cawthorn Campaign via AP)

2 Republicans opposed by Trump win in N. Carolina, Kentucky

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Delaware lawmakers given final approval to new budget

By RANDALL CHASE - Associated Press

In this June 17, 2020, photo, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., accompanied by Republican senators speaks at a news conference to announce a Republican police reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. Initially reluctant to speak on race, Scott is now among the Republican Party’s most prominent voices teaching his colleagues what it’s like to be a Black man in America. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Police overhaul dims as GOP Senate bill blocked by Democrats

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this March 25, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. gives a thumbs-up as he leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

2 Republicans opposed by Donald Trump win in Kentucky, North Carolina

By Christina A. Cassidy, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Alan Fram - Associated Press

Voting stations are set up in the South Wing of the Kentucky Exposition Center for voters to cast their ballot in the Kentucky primary in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, June 23, 2020. In an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, neighborhood precincts were closed and voters that didn't cast mail in ballots were directed to one central polling location. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

The Latest: Primary race for Engel’s seat too early to call

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at the Capitol building in Atlanta, Monday, April 27, 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) **FILE**

Senate Bill 504, to let voters decide on abolishing police, sent to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp

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Voters could get say on abolishing police after Arbery death

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Georgia Lt. Gov Geoff Duncan speaks Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Atlanta, while proposing his own version of a hate crimes law for the state. Duncan is calling on lawmakers to create a free-standing hate crime and to protect many categories from bias crimes, including people victimized because of their culture and their status in exercising First Amendment rights including worship, free speech, free press, assembly or petition of government. (Riley Bunch/The Daily Times via AP)

Georgia senators say hate crimes law should protect police

By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Nancy Pelosi slams Senate GOP police package: ‘So-called Justice Act is not action’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Protesters rally in solidarity with those in Minnesota over the killing of George Floyd by police, in Lafayette, La. Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)

Lawmakers stall bill striking at Louisiana officer immunity

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Georgia Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery talks to the media on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at the Georgia capitol after his committee approved the state's 2021 budget in Atlanta. The Vidalia Republican says more than $2 billion in reductions were needed to close a projected gap after state revenue fell during the COVID-19 pandemic (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Georgia Senate spending plan for 2021 sets billions in cuts

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Jerry Nadler: Not passing policing overhaul will leave a ‘stain on our legacy’

By Gabriella Muñoz and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, attends a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

Pelosi requiring masks for lawmakers for House hearings

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

House members are separated by glass partitions due to the coronavirus pandemic during a House session Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Tennessee lawmakers clash over budget details

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI - Associated Press

A healthcare worker administers a routine COVID-19 test to state Sen. Mimi Steward, of Bernalillo, on Monday, June 15, 2020, in Santa Fe, N.M.. Legislators and state workers were tested in a parking garage the state Capitol ahead of a special legislative session called in response to the budget crunch caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

New Mexico may require independent probes of police violence

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-Baxter talks with Senate Minority Leader Susan Kent, DFL-Woodbury on the Senate Floor before the start of a session in St. Paul, Minn. Friday, June 12, 2020. Gazelka said &quot;Minnesota has the opportunity to lead the way for the whole nation for reconciliation of the races and some of the problems we’re addressing. Let’s begin here.” (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota Senate debates GOP police accountability proposals

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

House minority leader, Robert Trammell, D - Luthersville, speaks against HB 792, the supplemental budget for the rest of the fiscal year, which the house went on to pass, Wednesday, February 19, 2020. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia protesters seek change as some in GOP back police

By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER - Associated Press