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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Republicans eye sweeping shield from coronavirus liability

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Pelosi urges Trump to ‘ask for directions’ on virus crisis

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) addresses the media at Deaconess Henderson Hospital in Henderson, Ky., Tuesday afternoon, July 14, 2020. McConnell was expressing his gratitude to healthcare workers for their sacrifices during the coronavirus pandemic as well as discussing the Economic Security Act and coronavirus aid. (Denny Simmons/Evansville Courier &amp; Press via AP)

McGrath outpaces McConnell in fundraising for Senate seat

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, to mark two months since House passage of &quot;The Heroes Act&quot; or the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress eyes new virus aid as school, health crisis deepens

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the clock is ticking on the Senate passing the House's $3 trillion coronavirus recovery package, dubbed the HEROES Act. (Associated Press)

House Democrats pitch HEROES Act before negotiations

By David Sherfinski and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this June 30, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters following a GOP policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump team eyes school funds boost in next virus aid bill

By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

In this June 30, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters following a GOP policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump team eyes school funds boost in next virus aid bill

By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

In this June 30, 2020, file photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listens to questions during a news conference following a GOP policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. McConnell is emerging the GOP's mask spokesman, the highest-ranking Republican in Congress proselytizing about the importance of wearing a face-covering during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump aside, McConnell becomes GOP’s preacher on masks

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listens to questions during a news conference following a GOP policy meeting on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

McConnell eyes virus aid as evictions, benefits cuts loom

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2020, file photo, state Rep. Charles Booker speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives in the State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. Looking to flex his newfound influence after his Senate campaign fell just short, Booker reached out Thursday, July 2, 2020 to help unite Kentucky Democrats behind Amy McGrath's uphill fight to unseat Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston, File)

Booker reaches out to unite Democrats against McConnell

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Amy McGrath speaks to supporters in Richmond, Ky. McGrath overcame a bumpier-than-expected Kentucky primary to win the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination Tuesday, June 30, 2020 fending off progressive Charles Booker to set up a bruising, big-spending showdown with Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston, File)

McGrath raises Russia bounty issue in Kentucky Senate race

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

In this June 22, 2020, file photo, Amy McGrath, a candidate for the Democratic nomination to U.S. Senate, speaks to people during a visit to Thankful Hearts Food Pantry in Pikeville, Ky. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, File)

Amy McGrath wins Kentucky primary to set up showdown with Mitch McConnell

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., leaves a news conference announcing a Republican police reform bill on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mitch McConnell: ‘We must have no stigma — none — about wearing masks’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath speaks to people during a visit to Thankful Hearts Food Pantry in Pikeville, Ky., Monday, June 22, 2020. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)

Senate Democratic primary heads to finish line in Kentucky

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined by House Democrats spaced for social distancing, speaks during a news conference on the House East Front Steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 25, 2020, ahead of the House vote on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

House passes sweeping police overhaul after Floyd’s death

By LISA MASCARO - 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

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Amy McGrath speaks to supporters in Richmond, Ky. McGrath and Eliot Engel live hundreds of miles apart in states with dramatically different politics. Yet they are both the preferred candidates of the Democratic Party’s Washington establishment as voters in Kentucky and New York decide their congressional primary elections on Tuesday. And both may be in trouble. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston, File)

Kentucky Democrats begin wait for Senate election results

By BRUCE SCHREINER - 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)

Mitch McConnell wins GOP nomination in bid for 7th term

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

HOLD FOR STORY- In this June 17, 2020 photo U.S. Senate candidate Charles Booker shakes hands with protestors in Louisville, KY. Booker is running against Amy Grath for the senate democratic nomination. (Alton Strupp/Louisville Courier Journal via AP)

Police protests upend Democratic Senate contest in Kentucky

By BRUCE SCHREINER AND LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

In this May 6, 2020 photo, nominee Justin Walker to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Caroline Brehman/Pool Photo via AP)

Senate confirms McConnell ally to top federal appeals court

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press