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Virus lying low at Capitol, but still dominates agenda

By STEPHEN GROVES - Associated Press

Virginia Senate rejects bill on gun rental background checks

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at left by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the majority whip, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden wants fast COVID aid, but minimum wage hike in doubt

By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

FILE-In this Jan. 29, 2005, file photo, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., speaks during the panel &quot;A Reality Check on the US Economy&quot; at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Shelby, the Senate's fourth most senior member, has told confidantes that he does not intend to run for reelection next year _ prompting some Republicans to urge the powerful, establishment politician to reconsider, even as potential replacements prepare to run for his seat. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

AP sources: Alabama senator has indicated he won’t run again

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, speaks with reporters just outside the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Richard Shelby won’t run for reelection, AP sources say

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

Voting machines are set up and ready for use at the Louisiana Voting Machine Warehouse at 8870 Chef Menteur Hwy. which will be an early voting location in New Orleans, La. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Early voting will run from Oct. 16 to Oct. 27 - except on Sundays - from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Lawmakers plan review of Louisiana’s voting machine search

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Evers vetoes Republican-backed COVID-19 bill

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Maricopa County asks court to quash Senate subpoena

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

In this image from Senate TV, Vice President Kamala Harris sits in the chair on the Senate floor to cast the tie-breaking vote, her first, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. The Senate early Friday approved a budget resolution that paves the way for fast-track passage of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan without support from Republicans. (Senate TV via AP)

VP Kamala Harris breaks tie to approve budget after Senate voting marathon

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this image from Senate TV, Vice President Kamala Harris sits in the chair on the Senate floor to cast the tie-breaking vote, her first, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021 at the Capitol in Washington. The Senate early Friday approved a budget resolution that paves the way for fast-track passage of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan without support from Republicans. (Senate TV via AP)

House gives final OK to budget

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., listens during a confirmation hearing for Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Denis McDonough before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (Leigh Vogel/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Joe Manchin, Jon Tester vote to kill pro-Keystone amendment after voting for it: ‘Swampy’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks near a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Alamo, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump won’t testify at impeachment trial, his lawyers tell Democrats

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House impeachment team demands Trump testify

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Kentucky lawmakers advance historical horse racing bill

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

State Sen. Sollie Norwood, D-Jackson, looks over a printout of the Senate calendar while sitting in the gallery at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Lawmakers in both chambers spent the day discussing and debating bills that survived the first big deadline of the session. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi looks to create loan repayment for teachers

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

This July 30, 2020, image taken from video by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services shows Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Legislature has repealed Democratic Gov. Evers' statewide mask mandate Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Health experts have warned against repealing the mandate, saying masks are probably the most effective way to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Wisconsin Department of Health Services via the AP, File)

Tony Evers, Wisconsin governor, issues new mask mandate an hour after GOP repeal

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Jared Bernstein, who President-elect Joe Biden has selected to serve as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers appears for a news conference at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Jared Bernstein: Congress could pass relief package before Senate takes up impeachment

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., questions former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., as she testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing to examine her nomination to be Secretary of Energy, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Democrats close in on $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus package despite GOP speedbumps

By David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, photo, President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort. AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump rejects Dems’ request to testify at impeachment trial

By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., takes a photo of, from left, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., during a meeting to discuss a coronavirus relief package, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden flexible on who gets aid, tells lawmakers to ‘go big’

By LISA MASCARO and JOSH BOAK - Associated Press