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FILE- In this July 8, 2015 file photo, Rep. Tommy Pope, R-York, speaks in Columbia, S.C. The special election spotlight has rolled on to South Carolina, where Republican runoff voters are now tasked with deciding which mainstream Republican they'll choose as their pick to keep Mick Mulvaney's former seat in GOP control. Tommy Pope and Ralph Norman are up for election in Tuesday's GOP runoff in the 5th Congressional District. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Special spotlight: SC Republicans vie to replace Mulvaney

By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence tours the Westmoreland Coal Company's Absaloka Mine with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, right, and Senator Steve Daines, second right, on the Crow Indian Reservation near Hardin, Mont., Friday, May 12, 2017. Pence will headline an evening rally in support of Republican Greg Gianforte, who is seeking the state's only congressional seat. (Larry Mayer/Billings Gazette via AP)

Pence rides horse around Montana coal mine, leads GOP rally

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press

Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting, Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Blum is reassuring Iowans fearful of losing health coverage that the House GOP bill is just a “tweak of Obamacare,” after campaigning on repealing the health care law _ and voting last week to gut it. The second-term Blum says “only about 10 percent of Obamacare was changed with this bill,” referring to the measure narrowly passed in the GOP-controlled House last week. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

GOP lawmaker cautions health care bill is Obamacare ‘tweak’

By THOMAS BEAUMONT - Associated Press

FILE - In these photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. in a Feb. 22, 2017 file photo, and President Donald Trump, May 12, 2017. The relationship of Trump and McConnell is now at the center of the Washington crucible. As controversy swirls over Trump's abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey, McConnell's moves will set the tone for how the rest of the Senate and Republican Party as a whole responds. (AP Photo)

Polar opposites Trump, McConnell need each other now

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 13, 2016, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, walks with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on their way to a meeting of House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ryan and Walker and a host of Republican Senate hopefuls are gathering at a Wisconsin Dells water park for the annual state GOP convention beginning Friday, May 12, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Wisconsin’s Walker says he’s ‘ready’ for re-election bid

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

House approves redistricting bill after 2 days delay

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Post-Heritage, DeMint wades into SC House race, backs Norman

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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton talks about the status of bills before the legislature during a news conference Thursday, May 11, 2017, in St. Paul, Minn. where differences have to be worked out before adjournment of the 2017 session. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Blame game heats up as budget work hits a standstill

By KYLE POTTER - Associated Press

The Latest: Cruz next to join DeMint in backing Norman

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Senate GOP gives initial OK to N Carolina budget proposal

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

The Latest: Senate gives tentative OK to 2-year state budget

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Colorado State Senator John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, scans a bill up for debate on the floor of the Senate during the body's closing session Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Denver. Colorado lawmakers are concluding business for the year with hard-fought agreements on highways, hospitals and affordable housing. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The Latest: Colorado lawmakers adjourn without energy deal

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FILE- In this May 2, 2017 file photo, Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N.J. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington following the Republican Caucus meeting. The New Jersey Republican who authored an amendment that helped the GOP-led U.S. House pass an Affordable Care Act replacement bill is set to meet with voters in his first town hall since the bill passed. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Republican who revived health bill faces onslaught of anger

By MICHAEL CATALINI - Associated Press

Vicky VanWright, 69, poses for a photo as she waits in line to attend GOP Rep. Tom MacArthur’s town hall in Willingboro, N.J. MacArthur, a Republican who played a key role in helping the GOP-led U.S. House pass an Affordable Care Act replacement bill planned to meet with voters on Wednesday in his first town hall since the bill passed. VanWright said she’s a Democrat and that her message to MacArthur is to abandon repealing Barack Obama’s signature law and instead embracing universal health coverage. (AP Photo/Michael Catalini)

The Latest: GOP lawmaker: I didn’t come to ‘defend’ Trump

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Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, second from left, and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, second from right, Republicans running to succeed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, participate in their first primary debate Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at Stockton University in Galloway, N.J. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

Voters, meet the candidates: 1st debate for governor held

By MICHAEL CATALNI - Associated Press

GOP backs away from negotiating to push Dayton on budget

By KYLE POTTER - Associated Press

In this Monday, May 8, 2017 image made from a video by KCRG, U.S. Rep. Rod Blum, center, walks out of a televised interview with Josh Scheinblum in front of a group of schoolchildren in Dubuque, Iowa, when pressed about screening attendees to his public meetings. The second-term Republican and member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus later said he had been &quot;ambushed&quot; by the television news reporter who was questioning him. (KCRG via AP)

McConnell asks all senators to join all-male health group

By ALAN FRAM and ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

The Latest: Dayton vows to veto GOP’s budget bills

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, pauses while meeting with the media to discuss health care on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 9, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

The Latest: Female senators will be included in health group

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Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, faces a tough re-election bid next year. Republican candidates have waged a nasty battle to win the party primary, and the race has room to grow. (Associated Press/File)

Senate GOP struggles to find challengers for some Democrats

By THOMAS BEAUMONT - Associated Press