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FILE - In this Monday, March 2, 2020, file photo, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Adam Crum addresses the state's coronavirus preparedness at a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. The state of Alaska has placed surgical abortions on a list of procedures that could be postponed to help conserve personal protective equipment for health care workers amid the COVID-19 outbreak. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Alaska governor says abortion decision not political

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson gives the State of the State address on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in the senate chamber of the state Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Arkansas House of Representatives, which met across town at the Jack Stephens Center, watched the address via live video stream. (Tommy Metthe/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Arkansas governor addresses state of the state amid outbreak

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., walks together as they head to a lunch with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Congress in standoff on virus aid, but first checks coming

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

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)

McGrath outpaces McConnell in fundraising for Kentucky race

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman wears a face mask at her desk as lawmakers met, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn., to pass a bill to assure that first responders and medical workers will qualify for workers compensation if they get sick with COVID-19 and won't have to prove they contracted the disease on the job. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Minnesota Legislature OKs protection for front-line workers

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 3, 2009, file photo, Georgia Sen. Jack Hill, R-Reidsville, addresses fellow legislators about the state budget bill from the lower podium in the senate chamber during the last day of the legislative session in Atlanta. The Georgia Senate on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2020, passed its version of midyear budget cuts in a nearly unanimous vote, approving a plan to cut $159 million in state spending for the fiscal year that ends June 30. “This is a budget with few real adds, frankly,&quot; said Hill, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Georgia Senate Appropriations Chairman Jack Hill has died

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Several members of the South Carolina House choose to practice social distancing and sit in the balcony on Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Columbia, S.C.. The House returned briefly to approve $45 million in emergency funds for state health officials to fight coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Some Democrats say SC Legislature meeting is unsafe

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

In this Oct. 4, 2019, file photo, Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community, arrives at the Capitol in Washington for closed-door questioning about a whistleblower complaint that triggered President Donald Trump's impeachment. Trump has fired Atkinson. Trump informed the Senate intelligence committee Friday, April 3, 2020, of his decision to fire Atkinson, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Trump calls fired watchdog in impeachment probe a ‘disgrace’

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats distracted by impeachment as coronavirus crept into U.S., Republicans say

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listen as 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. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

McConnell: Impeachment ‘diverted attention’ from coronavirus

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP, Trump blaming impeachment for distractions during virus outbreak

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The Dome of the U.S. Capitol is visible as a tour group of only two people on Segways, usually in a much bigger group this time of year, moves along the National Mall, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

U.S. Capitol closed to public until May 1

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this March 28, 2018 file photo, former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn speaks at a news conference in Oklahoma City. Coburn died on March 28, 2020. Thanks to a 2010 provision to eliminate duplication in government-agency spending that he wrote, some $393 billion in cost savings for the federal government has been realized, according to a report published May 19 by the Government Accountability Office. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) **FILE**

Ex-Sen. Tom Coburn, conservative political maverick, dies

By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press

In this Dec. 17, 2013 file photo, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a longtime deficit hawk, outlines his annual "Wastebook" which points a critical finger at billions of dollars in questionable government spending during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. On March 28, 2020, Mr. Coburn's family released a statement noting the former senator has passed away. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Former Sen. Tom Coburn, Washington’s top waste watcher, dead at 72

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a campaign stop to support Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at the Biden for President Fort Dodge Office, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

John Kerry, President Trump find common ground: Trashing Rep. Thomas Massie

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol after he blocked a unanimous consent vote on a long-awaited $19 billion disaster aid bill in the chamber on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Lawmakers racing back to D.C. to vote on $2.2T coronavirus rescue plan after lone Republican objects

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Congress locks Trump oversight into $2.2 trillion package

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Alaska Senate President Cathy Giessel, right, speaks to Senate Finance Committee Co-chair Bert Stedman before the start of a budget conference committee meeting on Friday, March 27, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska. A conference committee of House and Senate negotiators was tasked with hammering out differences on a state spending package. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alaska lawmakers fall short of self-imposed goal to finish

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

State senator sanctioned after release of ethics report

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State Rep. Nicole Clowney has her temperature checked before entering the Jack Stephens Center at the University of Arkansas Thursday, March 26, 2020 in Little Rock, Ark. The basketball arena was converted into a temporary House chamber due to concerns about coronavirus as lawmakers met for a special session on a budget shortfall. (AP Photo/Andrew Demillo)

Arkansas lawmakers meet at arena over coronavirus concerns

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press