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State Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, signs off on bills he presents before the body as legislators are now in the process of debating a long lists of bills that survived the first big deadline of the session, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Surviving bills in Mississippi: Alcohol, pecans, voting

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, meets with business leaders to discuss a coronavirus relief package in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden thinks impeachment video may have swayed `some minds’

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE - Associated Press

In this image from video, the Senate begins the third day in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

Trial highlights: ‘We were invited’ and a quick defense

By BRIAN SLODYSKO - Associated Press

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the lead House impeachment manager, leaves the Capitol after presenting the case against former President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump censure eyed as Senate acquittal all but assured

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on investments in infrastructure, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Joe Biden: Some minds may have been changed on impeachment

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., left, the lead Democratic House impeachment manager, and other impeachment managers, walk through the Rotunda to the Senate for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Trump impeachment trial is a bad drama

By Cal Thomas

A photo of former President Donald Trump appears on a billboard truck parked near of the U.S. Capitol during the second impeachment trial of former President Trump, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Democrats open prosecution of Trump in Senate trial featuring new security video

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Bill to preserve historical racing stays on fast track

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Marjorie Taylor Greene likens senators to excrement with toilet bowl tweet

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Georgia Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery talks to the media on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at the Georgia capitol after his committee approved the state's 2021 budget in Atlanta. The Vidalia Republican says more than $2 billion in reductions were needed to close a projected gap after state revenue fell during the COVID-19 pandemic (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Senate passes Georgia budget changes aiding K-12 and health

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

State Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, argues against a bill in the Senate City, County and Local Affairs Committee at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Flowers was censured for calling a colleague a “dumbass&quot; during debate Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, over a nonbinding resolution on history that was overwhelmingly rejected. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Stephanie Flowers, Arkansas Democrat, censured over ‘dumbass’ comment

Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Chuck Schumer says Democrats will present ‘new evidence’ in Trump’s impeachment trial

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington. Arguments begin Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on allegations that he incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The Latest: Republicans criticize Trump lawyers’ performance

Associated Press

Melissa Anne &quot;Mac&quot; Cunningham-Sereque shows the wand used to do ultrasound on pregnant women during a South Carolina House subcommittee hearing on an abortion bill on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. The bill would outlaw almost all abortions in the state. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

S. Carolina House committee approves ban on most abortions

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 29, 2020 file photo, state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey watches during the State of the State in Lansing, Mich. Shirkey and fellow Republicans have threatened to withhold billions of dollars for schools unless Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer cedes her administration's power to prohibit in-person instruction and sports to local health departments. Whitmer called the move &quot;cruel and reckless.&quot; (Junfu Han/Detroit Free Press via AP, File)

Michigan GOP leader calls Capitol riot a ‘hoax from day one’

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Montana Senate to hear bills restricting abortion access

Associated Press

In this Jan. 26, 2021, image from video, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the president pro tempore of the Senate, who is presiding over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, swears in members of the Senate for the impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)

EXPLAINER: What’s ahead as Trump impeachment trial begins

By BY MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

State Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, argues against a bill in the Senate City, County and Local Affairs Committee at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Flowers was censured for calling a colleague a “dumbass&quot; during debate Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, over a nonbinding resolution on history that was overwhelmingly rejected. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Arkansas lawmaker censured for swearing at colleague

Associated Press

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly discusses a proposal she outlined for cutting state income taxes during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The Democratic governor's proposal is an alternative to a Republican that she calls &quot;particularly irresponsible&quot; during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas governor offers rival to Republican tax-cutting plan

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Kentucky Senate passes bill to preserve historical racing

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press