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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, pauses while speaking with reporters, accompanied by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019 in Washington, on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McConnell blasts Pelosi’s ‘rushed and partisan impeachment’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2017, file photo, suggestion boxes are set up during the White House Summit on Historically Black Colleges and Universities at the White House complex in Washington. The Senate has passed a bipartisan deal that would permanently restore funding to historically black colleges and universities and other schools that serve large shares of minority students. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Senate passes bill to save funding for black colleges

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

Former regent sues Hawaii over university board’s downsizing

Associated Press

Gov. Steve Bullock talks with reporters Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019 in the State Capitol in Helena about his failed bid for the democratic nomination for president. Bullock announced he’s ending his Democratic presidential campaign, saying in a statement it’s become clear he won’t be able to break into the top tier of a crowded primary. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP)

Bullock squashes talk of Senate run after presidential bid

By MATT VOLZ - Associated Press

Businesswoman Kelly Loeffler, right, smiles while being introduced by Georgia Gov. Brian Kem, left, as his pick to fill Georgia's vacant U.S. Senate seat at the Georgia State Capitol on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2019, in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Kelly Loeffler appointed to Senate from Georgia, amid social conservative skepticism

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the Charleston NAACP banquet on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Kamala Harris to drop out of 2020 Democratic presidential race

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Lawmaker in racist signs outburst running for WV Senate

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE - Associated Press

Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., meets with his staff in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. Isakson, a three-term senator, announced last summer that he would resign from the Senate on Dec. 31 for health reasons. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Johnny Isakson bids farewell to the Senate: ‘You may never see this name again’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2019 file photo, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate as Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, House Speaker Lee Chatfield, right, and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, rear, react, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. A budget impasse in Michigan is starting to take a toll on government programs and services. Nearly two months ago, Democratic Gov. Whitmer vetoed an unprecedented $947 million in funding to restart broken-down budget talks. She and the Republican-led Legislature want to reverse some or many of her vetoes. But they remain at odds over Republicans’ push to curtail her powers after the first-year governor shifted funding within state departments. (AP Photo/Al Goldis File)

Whitmer: No progress on budget; Shirkey’s comments no help

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 8, 2019, file photo, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., speaks during a hearing in Washington. The House Judiciary Committee is moving to the forefront of President Donald Trump’s impeachment, starting with a hearing Wednesday, Dec. 4 to examine the “high crimes and misdemeanors” set out in the Constitution. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, fFle)

Judiciary panel to take reins on Trump impeachment inquiry

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Democratic Senate candidate highlights stance on abortion

Associated Press

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., gives final remarks during a hearing where former White House national security aide Fiona Hill, and David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (Bill O'Leary/Pool Photo via AP)

What’s next in impeachment: Judiciary Committee takes charge

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-In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 file photo, Mary Brock, right, and Kelly Loeffler cheer from their courtside seats as the Atlanta Dream basketball team plays in the second half of their WNBA basketball game, in Atlanta. Republican donor and financial services executive Loeffler tapped by Georgia governor Kemp for U.S. Senate seat as three-term Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson, who is stepping down because of health issues. (AP Photo/David Tulis, ) **FILE**

Brian Kemp set to nominate Kelly Loeffler to replace Georgia’s Johnny Isakson in Senate

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 13, 2019 file photo, mothers Ariana Rawls, left, of Stratford, Conn., and Shannon Gamache, right, of Ashford, Conn., opponents to ending the religious exemption from the state's school vaccination requirements, talk to reporters at the Capitol, in Hartford, Conn. The debate whether Connecticut lawmakers should scrap the religious exemption could end up sinking efforts to make the flu vaccine more accessible to children. A bill that would allow trained pharmacists to administer the flu vaccine to children 12 years and older cleared the General Assembly's Public Health Committee, but later died on the Senate calendar due to inaction. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh, File)

Bill allowing pharmacists to give kids the flu shot at risk

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

Georgia panel wants adults in the back seat to buckle up

Associated Press

Lawmakers, Lamont expected to continue transportation talks

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a campaign rally Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Donald Trump lack of recess appointments makes presidential history

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 6, 2019, file photo, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts answers questions during an appearance at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. How a Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump would unfold is not yet known, but among the issues senators will have to decide are how long it lasts and whether witnesses are called. Presiding over the trial will be Roberts, who theoretically could issue key rulings on some of these questions. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ** FILE **

Sticky impeachment trial questions: How long? Who testifies?

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Senator under investigation for possible bribery resigns

Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speak during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House where Trump spoke about his judicial appointments, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Lindsey Graham is quite right to investigate the Bidens, Burisma

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times