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Kansas state Rep. Brenda Dietrich, center, R-Topeka, confers with House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer, left, D-Wichita, and Rep. Susan Concannon, R-Beloit, during a break in the House's session, Friday night, May 3, 2019, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Democrats and moderate Republicans who favor Medicaid expansion are trying to hold together a coalition that is blocking the next state budget to force a vote on an expansion plan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

The Latest: Kansas budget blocked in Medicaid fight again

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Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon listens to discussion on the House floor on Friday, May 3, 2019, in Juneau, Alaska, with House Chief Clerk Crys Jones on the right. The House rejected a Senate rewrite of the state budget Friday, clearing the way for negotiators to work toward a compromise. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

GOP lawmaker leaves Alaska House majority over budget vote

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to the media at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2019. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi: William Barr committed ‘crime’ by lying to Congress

By Gabriella Muñoz and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

State closer to letting medical pot patients grow their own

By HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press

WVa House chairman resigned over relationship with intern

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Teachers travel to a rally in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. North Carolina teachers are taking to the streets for the second year in a row with hopes that a more politically balanced legislature will be more willing to meet their demands. (Khadejeh Nikouyeh/News &amp; Record via AP)

School safety at forefront of teacher rally after shooting

By AMANDA MORRIS and GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

From left, Shannon Daniels, Willie Ramey, Dee Grisset and Amy Harrison take a selfie in the parking lot of The N.C. Association of Educators in downtown Raleigh, N.C., before the start of the teacher's march and rally, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. North Carolina teachers took to the streets Wednesday for the second year in a row with hopes that a more politically balanced legislature will be more willing to meet their demands. (Juli Leonard/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

The Latest: Fatal shooting adds somber note to teacher rally

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The Latest: First non-white male wins Maryland speakership

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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2019, file photo, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., accompanied by Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, calls on a reporter during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump and Pelosi and Schumer are coming together in search of a plan to fix the country’s crumbling infrastructure. It’s seen as the issue with the best chance for the two sides to work together _ though the odds aren’t good. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Dems say Trump agrees to $2 trillion infrastructure tab

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this March 6, 2019, file photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, returns to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Mark Green, GOP congressman, to force vote on Michael Cohen perjury probe

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., walk over to speak with reporters after meeting with President Donald Trump about infrastructure, at the White House, Tuesday, April 30, 2019, in Washington. From left, House Ways and Mean Committee Chairman Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Pelosi, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., and Schumer. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Dems say Trump agrees on $2 trillion infrastructure goal

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Senators huddle while they discuss a vacation rental tax bill on the Senate floor at the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. The Hawaii State Senate narrowly passed a bill that would require websites like Airbnb to collect and pay taxes on behalf of short-term vacation rental hosts, sending the measure to the governor. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Hawaii Senate narrowly passes vacation rental tax bill

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller gives his acceptance speech at the Iowa Democratic election night party, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney) ** FILE **

Tom Miller, Iowa AG, gets GOP pushback on anti-Trump lawsuits

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, is shown in this Tuesday, April 9, 2019 file photo from a subcommittee hearing held in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

House Dems steer $25 million to gun violence research in 2020 HHS funding bill

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Gov. Jay Inslee, surrounded by Democratic lawmakers from the Senate and House, talks to the media following the Washington Legislature adjourning its 105-day legislative session, Monday, April 29, 2019, in Olympia, Wash. Lawmakers passed a new, two-year budget before adjourning for the year. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

Wash. Legislature finishes session: What passed, what died

By TOM JAMES and RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

Louisiana bill would ban contracts if vendor boycotts Israel

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FILE - In this March 21, 2018, file photo Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., attend a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the Office of Strategic Services in Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi and McConnell are coming together to see if a deal can be made to stop billions of dollars in government spending cuts. Failure to reach an agreement would usher in cuts to the Pentagon and domestic programs of $125 billion next year _ a 10 percent drop from current levels.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Cuts are coming. Can Pelosi and McConnell make a deal?

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

In this March 21, 2018, file photo Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., attend a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the Office of Strategic Services in Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi and McConnell are coming together to see if a deal can be made to stop billions of dollars in government spending cuts. Failure to reach an agreement would usher in cuts to the Pentagon and domestic programs of $125 billion next year _ a 10 percent drop from current levels.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell seek deal as automatic spending cuts loom

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

Democratic Sen. Marko Liias, left, Republican Sen. Shelly Short, center, and Democratic Majority Leader Andy Billig talk on the Senate floor on Sunday, April 28, 2019, in Olympia, Wash. State lawmakers are wrapping up a 105-day legislative session in which they were tasked with passing a new, two-year state budget. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

Washington lawmakers adjourn 105-day legislative session

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 12, 2016, file photo, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, left, speaks with Rep. Johnny Berthelot, R-Gonzales, ahead of Gov. John Bel Edwards' budget cut presentation to the committee in Baton Rouge, La. GOP members of the House Appropriations Committee are trying to determine if departments are socking away pots of money they don’t discuss, swapping out financing sources to boost their bottom lines or overestimating how much money they’re going to collect. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

House Republicans taking new approach to Louisiana budget

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press