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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a Democratic policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, as work continues behind the scenes on President Joe Biden's domestic agenda and a bill to fund the government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Chuck Schumer sets end-of-month deadline for infrastructure, reconciliation bills to pass

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks with reporters as he departs after a House Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden goes on offense as economic agenda teeters

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this photo taken from video shown at United Nations headquarters, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, president of the Philippines, remotely addresses the 76th session of the U.N. General Assembly in a pre-recorded message, Tuesday Sept. 21, 2021. (UN Web TV via AP)

Philippine leader asks officials to ignore corruption probe

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pelosi scrambles for last-minute support on infrastructure bill

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., far left, arrive to vote on a temporary government funding bill to avert a shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. President Joe Biden appears unable to strike swift agreement with the two wavering Democrats who are pivotal votes for his big $3.5 trillion government overhaul. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden failing to unite party around massive infrastructure and welfare spending packages

By Kerry Picket and Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, file photo, a U.S. flag flies on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Congress averts government shutdown, remains in stalemate over debt limit

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Blumenthal’s office posed as teenage girl on Instagram to learn about potential harm

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this June 8, 2021, file photo, Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. West is facing pressure to withdraw over her ties to environmental activists convicted of spiking trees to sabotage a national forest timber sale more than 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senate confirms Bureau of Land Management pick Tracy Stone-Manning on party-line vote

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. leaves her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate passes stopgap spending bill hours before a government shutdown

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a centrist Democrat vital to the fate of President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion domestic agenda, is surrounded by reporters outside the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Manchin ends Democrats’ hopes of a quick deal on infrastructure

By Kerry Picket and Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that providing a pathway to legal status and citizenship for about 8 million illegal immigrants is not a budget-related matter, making it ineligible for the “reconciliation” process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate rules keeper rejects Democrats’ ‘Plan B’ to get amnesty for illegal immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, speaks with Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., prior to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine Texas's abortion law, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Brenner/Pool via AP)

Senate Democrats hold hearing over Texas’ fetal heartbeat abortion law

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 response and vaccinations in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden, Democrats still short of goal on big-spending agenda after months of dealmaking

By Haris Alic and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber for a test vote on a government spending bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘McConnell was not bluffing’: Senate Democrats debate retreat from debt ceiling standoff

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Anita Hill poses for a portrait in New York on Sept. 21, 2021 to promote her book, &quot;Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence,&quot; releasing on Sept. 28. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

Anita Hill still waits for change, 30 years after testimony

By Jocelyn Noveck - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., criticizes Republicans as he speaks to reporters after a weekly policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans block debt limit, government funding bill

By Joseph Clark and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this May 6, 2021, file photo, Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool) ** FILE **

After Arizona, election audits become a GOP rallying cry for 2022 races

By Dave Boyer and Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2021, file photo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined at left by Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., holds a rally in support of President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" for women agenda, at the Capitol in Washington. Biden is losing support among critical groups in his political base as some of his core campaign promises falter, raising concerns among Democrats that the voters who put him in office may feel less enthusiastic about returning to the polls in next year's midterm elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Panel OKs Dems’ $3.5T bill, crunch time for Biden agenda

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

In this file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Senate Dems undercut Schumer’s claims of unity on tax hikes: ‘We don’t have an agreement’

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., left, a former Marine, joined at right by Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, speaks during a roundtable discussion with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and other Republicans as they criticize President Joe Biden on the Afghanistan evacuation, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House Democrats back $25 billion Pentagon funding boost

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times