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FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2020 file photo, U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath holds a rally with supporters during a campaign stop at Woodland Park in Lexington, Ky. Amy McGrath will face US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Election Day in November. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

McGrath slams McConnell on Supreme Court confirmation

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

In this Oct. 21, 2020, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. McConnell says there’s nothing the public needs to know about his health after photos showed what appears to be bruising on his hands and around his mouth. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Problems with his health? McConnell says ‘of course not’

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. leaves the Senate Chamber, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pandemic relief faces uncertainty in postelection session

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

In this May 22, 2020, photo, the dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible through heavy fog in Washington. New virus relief will have to wait until after the November election. Congress is past the point at which it can deliver more coronavirus aid soon, with differences between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump proving insurmountable. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

McConnell warns White House against COVID relief deal

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after casting his vote in the 2020 general election at the Kentucky Exhibition Center in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

McConnell previews votes on coronavirus relief

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Democratic candidate for US Senate Amy McGrath speaks during a debate with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Michael Clubb/The Kentucky Kernel via AP, Pool)

Dueling attacks in Kentucky’s big-spending Senate race

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a debate with Democratic challenger Amy McGrath in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Michael Clubb/The Kentucky Kernel via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Mitch McConnell rips Democrats, say they’re attempting to redefine court packing to help Biden

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2020 file photo, U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath wears a face mask as she holds a rally with supporters during a campaign stop at Woodland Park in Lexington, Ky. Amy McGrath will face U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Election Day in November. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

McGrath faces strong headwinds in mission to oust McConnell

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a debate with Democratic challenger Amy McGrath in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Michael Clubb/The Kentucky Kernel via AP, Pool)

McConnell slates October revote on GOP COVID relief plan

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Illustration on Mitch McConnell by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Can Mitch McConnell save the Senate for the GOP?

By Allan H. Ryskind

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., prepares for the start of his debate with Democratic candidate Amy McGrath in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Michael Clubb, The Kentucky Kernel via AP Pool)

McConnell, McGrath spar over federal response to coronavirus

By Bruce Schreiner and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn - Associated Press

Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison speaks during the South Carolina U.S. Senate debate with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at Allen University in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP)

Senate Democrats’ fundraising success puts GOP on defensive

By BRIAN SLODYSKO - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., meets with Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, POOL)

McConnell tries to salvage Senate majority with court vote

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

The White House is seen in Washington, early Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, the morning after President Donald Trump returned from the hospital where he was treated for COVID-19. Traffic moves along K Street NW as TV crews set up in Black Lives Matter Plaza. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election

By ANDREW TAYLOR and AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., meets with Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, POOL)

GOP seeks to call off Senate work, but not Barrett hearings

By LAURIE KELLMAN and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., speaks virtually as Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar testifies to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Lawmaker requests for COVID-19 tests ramp up after Trump tests positive

By Gabriella Muñoz and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Debate set in McConnell-McGrath Senate race in Kentucky

Associated Press

The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is carried out by a joint services military honor guard after lying in state at the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Washington. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)

Supreme Court-Trump-Democrat controversy solved: Follow the Constitution

By Tim Constantine

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, about the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Barrett emerges as court favorite; Trump to pick by weekend

By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press