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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, speaks next to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., during a news conference about COVID-19, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Schumer reacts to Ginsburg death by quoting McConnell, says next president should pick successor

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he can talk GOP into going for ‘larger’ virus aid

By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this image from video, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during the fourth night of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP)

House GOP unveils tax cuts, police funds in election agenda

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

FILE- In this file photo from Nov. 19, 2019, the dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol is visible through the trees in Harrisburg, Pa. There are 203 House seats and 25 of 50 Senate seats up for election on Nov. 3, when voters will decide whether to extend gains Democrats made two years ago or tighten the majority hold Republicans have long held over both chambers of the Pennsylvania Legislature. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Lawmakers take record before voters under new election rules

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, approaches the microphones accompanied by, from left, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., at the start of a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Virus bill blocked in Senate as prospects dim for new relief

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during the fourth night of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP) **FILE**

GOP coronavirus relief bill sinks in Senate

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

GOP targets Democratic-run California in election gamble

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., puts his face mask back on after speaking during a news conference of Senate Republican leadership, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

No virus aid before election? Pessimism before Senate vote

By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Republican House Minority Leader James Townsend speaks in front of GOP candidates for the state House and Senate on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at a press conference in Albuquerque, N.M. Republicans introduced Wednesday a diverse slate of candidates they hope will flip the Democratic-controlled New Mexico House amid rural angry over a new red-flag gun law and uncertainty over oil prices. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

New Mexico GOP unveils ‘Fair Deal’ plan to flip Legislature

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Barron Trump stand on the South Lawn of the White House on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. It's called a “permission structure.” President Donald Trump's campaign is trying to construct an emotional and psychological gateway to help disenchanted voters feel comfortable voting for the president again despite their reservations about him personally. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump out to build ‘permission structure’ to win back voters

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Delaware Gov. John Carney speaks during a briefing on the current status of the coronavirus pandemic, on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the Carvel State Building in Wilmington, Del. Finding Republican candidates to run for office in solid-blue Delaware can sometimes be a challenge. But there's no shortage of GOP contenders hoping to unseat Carney this year. Six candidates are competing in the upcoming GOP gubernatorial primary election. (Jerry Habraken/The News Journal via AP)

Delaware GOP gubernatorial primary draws surge of candidates

By RANDALL CHASE - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., met earlier with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows as they continued to negotiate a coronavirus relief package. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Schumer raps talk of ‘skinny’ GOP coronavirus bill: ‘Now moving even further in the wrong direction’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

N.C. Senate leader Phil Berger answers a question during a news conference with House Speaker Tim Moore on the first day of a special session Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 in Raleigh, N.C. (Ethan Hyman/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

NC Senate approves $1B federal virus relief package

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during the fourth night of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP)

Democrats pounce on GOP tweet slamming teachers’ unions

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Marine One, with President Donald Trump aboard, lifts off from the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Washington, en route to Andrews Air Force Base and on to Yuma, Ariz. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Tempers flare inside team Trump as loyalists miffed over addition of controversial outsider

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Candidate’s arrest highlights Connecticut GOP’s challenges

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo Ivanka Trump listens as President Donald Trump speaks at the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. On the final night of the Republican National Convention, President Donald Trump will be introduced by his daughter Ivanka Trump , the fourth of his five children to speak during the convention. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

WHAT TO WATCH: Trump’s moment, Ivanka and Rudy Giuliani

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

In this July 21, 2016, file photo Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

The Latest: GOP convention wraps up with opera, fireworks

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2019 file photo, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, center, speaks as Ohio Senate President Larry Obhof, left, listens during the Ohio State of the State address at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Rep. John Becker from Cincinnati, said in a release Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, that he has drafted 10 articles of impeachment against fellow Republican DeWine over his handling of the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon/File)

Longshot impeachment effort highlights rift with governor

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, then-Republican Ohio state Rep. Larry Householder, of District 72, sits at the head of a legislative session as Speaker of the House, in Columbus. With their presidential hopes high for fall, some Ohio Democrats, who helped seat Householder, the now-indicted Republican House speaker, and also helped pass the nuclear bailout bill that prosecutors allege Householder delivered as part of a $61 million bribery scheme, have begun shedding campaign contributions tainted by the related federal probe. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Dems fault GOP, return cash tainted by Ohio bribery scheme

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press