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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. reacts to being rebuked by the Senate leadership and accused of impugning a fellow senator, Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington Warren was barred from saying anything more on the Senate floor about Sessions after she quoted from an old letter from Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow about Sessions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats have a focus and a strategy, but do Republicans?

By Mercedes Schlapp

Kansas Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, answers questions from reporters after the Senate canceled a debate over budget-balancing proposals, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Hensley says GOP leaders should drop efforts to cut education funding to help balance the state budget (AP Photo/John Hanna)

With GOP split on school cuts, Kansas Senate punts debate

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

North Carolina budget surplus now predicted above $550M

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, New Mexico Democrat (Associated Press) **FILE**

House Democrats brush aside party discord, still plan to fight Trump

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this image from Senate Television, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate in Washington, Feb. 6, 2017, about the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be Education Secretary. The Senate will be in session around the clock this week as Republicans aim to confirm more of President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks over Democratic opposition. (Senate TV via AP)

Rancorous Senate ‘silencing’ gives Warren a national boost

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Members of the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee including Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, right, asks a question during a hearing in Topeka, Kan., Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Top Republicans in the Kansas Legislature moved closer Monday to a confrontation with GOP Gov. Sam Brownback over his signature fiscal policies, accelerating work on a plan that would backtrack on personal income tax cuts he's championed. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

Kansas GOP leaders accelerate work on income tax increases

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Michigan leads effort to shift workers away from pensions

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Rhea Powell poses for a photograph in view of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. The massive turnout for last month's women's marches protesting the policies of the Trump administration have led to calls for sustained political activism to help Democrats get back in power. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

For Trump foes, Democratic gains may remain elusive in 2018

By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press

Potential showdown on teacher pay looming

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

In this Oct. 24, 2016 file photo, the HealthCare.gov 2017 web site home page as seen in Washington. Republicans are increasingly talking about repairing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a softening of tone that comes as their drive to fulfill a keystone campaign promise encounters disunity, drooping momentum and uneasy voters. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP mulls ‘repairing’ Obamacare law it vowed to repeal

By ALAN FRAM and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. arrives with Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, for a closed-door GOP strategy session. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obamacare repeal: House conservatives demand vote

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The Latest: Assembly committee approves hiring law firms

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Iowa Senate Republicans back education funding bill

By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

All-powerful Kentucky GOP tries to avoid unforced errors

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE – In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich answers questions from reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington. Kasich and other statewide leaders plan to address their top priorities this year at a forum sponsored by The Associated Press on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Governor: Ohio must embrace future, change rust belt image

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington during the committee's confirmation hearing for UN Ambassador-designate, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. When President Donald Trump paused the nation's refugee program with the stroke of a pen, top congressional leaders of his own party were left to find out the same way the general public did: from the media as Trump signed the order. Corker told reporters Monday, Jan. 30: &quot;I guess one of you guys probably told me about it. Thank you for that.&quot; Lawmakers complained that they were left in the dark as details of the plan were worked out. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Congressional leaders blindsided, scrambling on refugee ban

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Judge puts N Carolina Medicaid litigation on hold for now

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

The Capitol in Washington is seen early Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, as members of Congress break for political retreats with the Democrats heading to Baltimore and Republicans to Philadelphia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP leaders: Bill to build wall will cost up to $15 billion

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, and others, speaks during a visit to the Homeland Security Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Trump to skip dinner with Washington elite

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Gianforte seeks to run in special election for US House

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