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In this Thursday, June 8, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FBI forced Christopher Steele’s Trump dossier into intelligence community’s election assessment

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Virginia State Senator Thomas Norment, R-James City County, top center, gathers his caucus in a caucus tent as they prepare for the reconvene session at the Science Museum of Virginia Wednesday April 22, 2020, in Richmond, Va. The Senate is meeting in a remote location due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)

Lawmakers vote to delay wage hike, raises because of virus

By ALAN SUDERMAN and SARAH RANKIN - Associated Press

In this image from video, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (Senate Television via AP) ** FILE **

Chuck Schumer predicts Senate passage of coronavirus relief package on Tuesday

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, speaks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, as she holds up the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act after signing it on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. The $2.2 trillion package will head to head to President Donald Trump for his signature. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Watchdog panels slowly take shape over $2T in virus cash

By MATTHEW DALY and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

In this March 18, 2019, file photo, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer listens to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., in Clawson, Mich. Whitmer is moving to make Michigan the first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes. The Democrat announced Wednesday, Sept. 4 that she ordered the state health department to issue emergency rules. They will prohibit the sale and misleading marketing of flavored nicotine vaping products. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) **FILE**

Gretchen Whitmer emergency powers threatened by Michigan Republicans’ bills

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, followed by Vice President Mike Pence, walks on the Colonnade to speak about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump threatens to bypass Senate rules on nominees

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump warns he’ll adjourn Congress to make recess appointments

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., left, wears a face mask to fend off the coronavirus as she listens to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference to call on FEMA to grant approval for Disaster Funeral Assistance to help families in lower-income communities and communities of color across New York pay for funeral costs amid the coronavirus pandemic, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Mnuchin, Schumer rev up talks as small-business aid runs dry

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Senator Susan Collins delivers remarks at the Maine Chiefs of Police Association Winter Conference in South Portland, Maine, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via AP) ** FILE **

Democrat-aligned group slams Sen. Susan Collins’ response to coronavirus in TV ad

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

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Arkansas lawmakers give initial approval to budget plan

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Kentucky lawmakers override veto of voter ID measure

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Missouri lawmakers plan to resume work amid coronavirus

By SUMMER BALLENTINE - Associated Press

Arizona lawmakers recess but continue receiving per diem pay

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President Donald Trump speaks before he signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

GOP leaders hit brakes on virus aid as governors seek help

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Personal bottles of hand sanitizer sit on the desk of each South Carolina House member ahead of a special one-day legislative session, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. This year's session has been paused for several weeks amid the new coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Santee Cooper center as SC House-Senate feud gets angrier

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

In this image provided by the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, Mitch McConnell sits with his parents, Julia &quot;Dean&quot; and A.M. McConnell in this image from the mid 1940's in Five Points, Ala. As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell flashes back to an earlier crisis that gripped the nation, and his own life, when he was a boy. He was struck with polio. (McConnell Center at the University of Louisville via AP)

For McConnell, virus carries echo of his boyhood polio

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speaks with a reporter outside the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 9, 2020. Senate Democrats on Thursday stalled President Donald Trump's request for $250 billion to supplement a &quot;paycheck protection&quot; program for businesses crippled by the coronavirus outbreak, demanding protections for minority-owned businesses and money for health care providers and state and local governments. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Senators block new virus aid, Pelosi decries ‘stunt’

By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this file photo, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., speaks with reporters outside the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Senate Democrats block additional $250 billion for small business loans

By Gabriella Muñoz and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this March 17, 2020 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. McConnell flexed his fundraising strength in the midst of a global pandemic, raising nearly $7.5 million in the first three months of 2020, his campaign said Tuesday, April 7. The first-quarter haul was the Kentucky Republican's best three-month fundraising performance since entering the Senate in the mid-1980s. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Senators block new virus aid, Pelosi decries ‘stunt’

By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press