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FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2017, file photo, a Delta Air Lines flight takes off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Georgia lawmakers punished Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines on Thursday, March 1, 2018, for its decision to cut business ties with the National Rifle Association in the wake of a shooting at a Florida high school that killed over a dozen people. A tax measure, which was stripped of a jet-fuel tax break, passed the GOP-dominated Senate 44-10. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

The Latest: Only 13 NRA members used discount Delta withdrew

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NY GOP selects Farley to take on Gillibrand in Senate race

By CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Gov. Deal's chief of staff Chris Riley confer in the senate before the senate went into recess and the Rules Committee stripped the Delta tax cut from legislation. Gov. Nathan Deal and legislative leaders had hoped they could make a deal Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, on the Delta fuel tax legislation - which also includes a state income tax rate cut.(Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Pro-gun Georgia lawmakers punish Delta for crossing the NRA

By BEN NADLER and R.J. RICO - Associated Press

Illustration on the political struggle in the mid-term elections by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency

The congressional sweepstakes

By Donald Lambro

Florida editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Kentucky Democrat who won in Trump district takes office

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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2016, file photo, Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle speaks during a memorial ceremony on the first day of the legislative session at the state Capitol in Atlanta. Cagle on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, threatened to prevent Delta Air Lines from getting a lucrative tax cut after the company ended its discount program with the National Rifle Association. Cagle, president of the state Senate and a leading candidate to succeed Gov. Nathan Deal, tweeted that he would use his position to kill a proposed sales tax exemption on jet fuel. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Lawmaker: Georgia GOP working to mend Delta rift over NRA

By BEN NADLER and R.J. RICO - Associated Press

In a Sunday, Feb. 205, 2018 photo, House Health and Welfare Chairman Frank Hoffmann, R-West Monroe, speaks with Rep. Helena Moreno, D-New Orleans, during a hearing on bills that would impact Louisiana's Medicaid program, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

House GOP spending control bills reworked, some scrapped

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Senatorial candidate Todd Rokita listers to a question during the Indiana Republican Senate Primary Debate at Emmis Communications in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (Michelle Pemberton/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

Rep. Todd Rokita: Loyalty to Trump demands shooting down Kasich 2020 talk

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Man’s lawsuit against GOP for failed repeal dismissed

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Illustration on Obama's budgets by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Republicans must get the spending legislation right

By Jenny Beth Martin

FILE - In this May 11, 2017, file photo, Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting in Marshalltown, Iowa. Blum has likely violated multiple House ethics rules by failing to disclose a new company that he founded, using an official photo on its website, and having an aide appear in a false testimonial for its services, a review by The Associated Press shows. Blum, a Republican facing a competitive race for re-election, is one of two directors of the Tin Moon Corporation, a digital marketing company incorporated in 2016 as Blum was in his first term, a business filing shows. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Congressman claims undisclosed firm wasn’t ‘doing business’

By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press

AG candidate says GOP county official used racial slur

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Special session arguments focus on notice, instruction

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Donald Trump greets Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, after announcing his endorsement of Romney during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ** FILE **

Donald Trump endorses Mitt Romney, showing how GOP ought to act

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

"In 2018, voters in dozens of states will have the opportunity to elect Democratic governors to hold the veto pen in the 2021 redistricting process and ensure fair maps and better congressional representation for generations to come," said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. (Associated Press)

Obama, Democrats set sights on flipping statehouses

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 14, 2018 photo, Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill, a Democrat, discusses with reporters in her state Capitol office in Hartford, Conn., legislation she's proposing this session that would protect citizens' voter information. For the first time in years, the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State expects to target a handful of races in 2018, likely in delegate-rich, swing states that could prove important in the 2020 presidential election. Merrill chairs the association and has been traveling the country to raise money from wealthy Democratic donors to labor unions. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

Republican gains in secretary of state posts jolt Democrats

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 19, 2018, file photo, Del. Terry G. Kilgore, R-Scott, chairman of the House Commerce and Labor committee, listens during the floor session of the House at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va. Kilgore said Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, on the John Fredericks Show that he'd changed his mind after years of opposition to Medicaid expansion and now supports it. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP, File)

Medicaid expansion getting second look after work rule

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by Clair Van Steenwyk shows Van Steenwyk, who is running for Congress in Arizona. Van Steenwyk is a former radio host who garnered nearly 29 percent of the vote against U.S. Rep. Trent Franks in the 2016 GOP primary. (Clair Van Steenwyk via AP)

Similar GOP candidates vie for Arizona Rep. Franks’ seat

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 16, 2018, photo, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sits behind the wheel of a tractor during a tour of Gibson's Green Acres Dairy in Ogden, Utah. If Romney becomes Utah's next senator, many Republicans are looking to the him to take up John McCain's mantle as an elder statesman, willing to take on Donald Trump and serve as a political and moral counterweight to a president they see as divisive and undignified. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)`

Romney, favored in Senate bid, could take on outsized role

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press