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In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., asks for a vote to be taken to table a motion by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Mitch McConnell calls for an end to House Democrats ‘nonsense impeachment’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Amy McGrath speaks to supporters in Richmond, Ky. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston, File)

Amy McGrath, Mitch McConnell’s Democratic rival, endorses Joe Biden for 2020

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In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks before the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump begins in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Mitch McConnell changes resolution at the start of Trump impeachment trial after pushback

By Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

McConnell, Beshear team up to help expand wildlife refuge

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In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks before the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump begins in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Mitch McConnell threatens to hold impeachment trial all night, rejects Democrats’ protests to rules

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., steps out from the Senate chamber on his way to his office, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mitch McConnell Impeachment trial rules delay witnesses, vote

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., signs the resolution to transmit the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for trial on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. The two articles of impeachment against Trump are for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

McConnell: Pelosi’s impeachment signing ceremony ‘transparently partisan’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., leaves a lengthy closed-door meeting with the Democratic Caucus at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Speaker Pelosi is expected to appoint House impeachment managers and transmit the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — by the end of the week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House leaders march Trump impeachment articles to the Senate

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves a lengthy closed-door meeting with the Democratic Caucus at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Speaker Pelosi is expected to appoint House impeachment managers and transmit the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — by the end of the week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats try impeachment as election issue as Trump acquittal looms

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. Pelosi hasn't relayed the articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial three weeks since President Donald Trump was impeached on charges of abuse and obstruction. Last night, she led the Democrat-controlled House in passing a measure limiting Trump's ability to take military action against Iran after he ordered the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi sets Wednesday votes to send impeachment to Senate

By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM and MARY CLARE JALONICK and LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., heads to a briefing with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and other national security officials on the details of the threat that prompted the U.S. to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell on US-Iran strategy: ‘Let’s not screw it up’

By MATTHEW DALY and LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Mitch McConnell welcomes end to Nancy Pelosi’s ‘one-woman blockade’ on impeachment

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. Pelosi hasn't relayed the articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial three weeks since President Donald Trump was impeached on charges of abuse and obstruction. Last night, she led the Democrat-controlled House in passing a measure limiting Trump's ability to take military action against Iran after he ordered the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi folds, articles of impeachment to be transmitted to Senate next week

By Gabriella Muñoz and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol Building Dome is seen through a beveled window at the Library of Congress in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate Republicans work to get USMCA trade deal ready before Trump impeachment trial

By Alex Swoyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to meet with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi holds impeachment articles as Senate Democrats grow restless

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has kept the two articles since they were voted on Dec. 18, an unprecedented move that Republicans say runs afoul of the Constitution, which dictates that the Senate conduct impeachment trials. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats break with Pelosi, want articles of impeachment

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker, right, officially files on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Frankfort, Ky., to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Booker joins a crowded field of Democrats competing to challenge McConnell in this year’s election. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

Booker files for Senate seat held by Mitch McConnell

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 7, 2018, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, walk to the chamber in the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

McConnell calls on Schumer to end Pelosi’s impeachment standoff

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks on the Senate floor, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 at the Capitol in Washington. (Senate TV via AP)

McConnell stands firm on impeachment, Pelosi won’t ‘write new rules’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. is working on several fronts to pressure Iran. (Associated Press)

Mike Pompeo will not running for Senate in Kansas

By Alan Fram and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press