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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters at the Capitol, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mark Meadows: GOP unemployment insurance extension proposal coming Monday

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., left, and Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 24, 2020, on the extension of federal unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

No virus bill yet: White House, GOP at odds over jobless aid

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., left, and Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 24, 2020, on the extension of federal unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Despite COVID crisis, Congress seeks to do its day job

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 15, 2020, file photo, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, urges lawmakers to approve the state budget bill, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Rendon said on Thursday, July 23, 2020, that lawmakers could vote by proxy for the final month of the legislative session. The move comes after a coronavirus outbreak in the legislature sickened at least seven people and put Republican Assemblyman Tom Lackey in the hospital. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California will let absent lawmakers vote during outbreak

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 20, 2020, in Washington. Congress is just starting to negotiate new legislation to renew coronavirus aid. But the biggest obstacles to a deal are already coming into view. The Democratic House passed a whopping $3.5 trillion coronavirus response bill more than two months ago and is demanding robust funding to help state and local governments. Republicans want to keep the bill closer to $1 trillion and are insisting on new legal protections for schools, businesses, and charities that are trying to reopen. It’s up to top congressional leaders to bridge the gaps as they negotiate with President Donald Trump's White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Flashpoints emerge as lawmakers negotiate new virus aid

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

NY passes Juneteenth holiday, automatic voter registration

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 20, 2020, in Washington. Congress is just starting to negotiate new legislation to renew coronavirus aid. But the biggest obstacles to a deal are already coming into view. The Democratic House passed a whopping $3.5 trillion coronavirus response bill more than two months ago and is demanding robust funding to help state and local governments. Republicans want to keep the bill closer to $1 trillion and are insisting on new legal protections for schools, businesses, and charities that are trying to reopen. It’s up to top congressional leaders to bridge the gaps as they negotiate with President Donald Trump's White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Flashpoints emerge as lawmakers negotiate new virus aid

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., listens to testimony before the Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing, Tuesday, May 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Shreveport mayor enters race against US Sen. Bill Cassidy

By Melinda Deslatte - Associated Press

Michigan lawmakers start approving plan for $2B budget gap

By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 22, 2020, file photo the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible through heavy fog in Washington. With COVID-19 cases hitting alarming new highs and a grim rising death toll, the pandemic's devastating cycle is happening all over again, leaving Congress little choice but to engineer another costly rescue. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Coronavirus relief package could push U.S. to $4 trillion deficit

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to the media before leaving the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, to travel to Florida, where he will spend Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

GOP splits as virus aid package could swell past $1 trillion

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Connecticut may expand absentee ballot use for Nov. election

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2019, photo, former felon Yolanda Wilcox, left, fills out a voter registration form as her best friend Gale Buswell looks on at the Supervisor of Elections office in Orlando, Fla. In a ruling Thursday, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to hear an appeal from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to limit the reach on Amendment 4, the ballot measure approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2018 that allowed felons to regain the right to vote. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

Senate Democrats in Florida felon voting case press for judges’ recusals

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that children were being harmed by the shutdowns. He and many other Republicans are in favor of reopening schools. (Associated Press)

Capitol Hill negotiations over coronavirus relief bill intensify

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman and Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, right, confer as the Minnesota Legislature meets Monday, July 13, 2020 for a second special session in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Minnesota lawmakers struggle over details of policing bill

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 4, 2020, file photo, Jon Ossoff speaks to the the media and supporters after he qualified to run in the Senate race against Republican Sen. David Perdue in Atlanta. While his GOP opponent is favored by donors on Wall Street, Mr. Ossoff's campaign is having fundraising success in Silicon Valley. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) **FILE**

Surging Democrats expand Senate targets to GOP states

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro speaks with reporters inside her office, during the special session of the Legislature in Carson City, Nev., Thursday, July 16, 2020. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent via AP, Pool)

Mining tax proposal falls 1 vote short in special session

By SAM METZ - Associated Press

Tuberville says maybe to debate; Jones: Voters deserve one

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is proposing the Economic Justice Act, using the coronavirus relief package to address “structural inequalities have persisted in health care and housing, the economy and education.” (Associated Press/File)

Senate Democrats propose $350B plan to assist communities of color hit by the coronavirus pandemic

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) addresses the media at Deaconess Henderson Hospital in Henderson, Ky., Tuesday afternoon, July 14, 2020. McConnell was expressing his gratitude to healthcare workers for their sacrifices during the coronavirus pandemic as well as discussing the Economic Security Act and coronavirus aid. (Denny Simmons/Evansville Courier &amp; Press via AP)

McGrath outpaces McConnell in fundraising for Senate seat

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press