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President Joe Biden speaks before he signs a bill in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, that awards Congressional gold medals to law enforcement officers that protected members of Congress at the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

CBO: Funding for Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan comes up short

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this March 3, 2021, file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Democrats block infrastructure amendment preventing cancellation of border wall contracts

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Illustration on the carbon tax included in the Senate infrastructure bill by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Senate’s infrastructure bill is a disaster: New energy taxes, no new roads

By Michael McKenna

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate panel votes to repeal Iraq war authorizations

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ms. Klobuchar on August 3 told a crowd of voting-rights activists in Washington that Senate Democrats are close to taking another shot at changing elections laws around the country. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Senate Democrats pledge they are ‘very close’ to new solution for voting-rights impasse

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

In this file photo, President Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast, in this May 1, 2003 file photo. More than 18 years later, the legislation authorizing the Persian Gulf War and the Iraq War remain on the books. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met on August 3, 2021, to grapple with a measure to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), which provided the legal justification for the Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biden officials back repealing Iraq war authorizations ahead of Senate panel vote

By Joseph Clark - 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)

Dominion Voting Systems, Maricopa County reject subpoenas in Arizona election audit

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 8, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands before a ceremonial swearing-in in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Progressives call for new probe, impeachment of Justice Kavanaugh

By Alex Swoyer - 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. The panel deadlocked during a Thursday, July 22, 2021, vote on Stone-Manning, setting up a future floor vote. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

American Loggers Council urges Senate to oppose Tracy Stone-Manning over tree-spiking

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, takes an escalator from the Senate subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sens. Susan Collins, Joe Manchin: Infrastructure bill should pass this week

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The bipartisan group of Senate negotiators speak to reporters just after a vote to start work on a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. From left are Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate on track to approve $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill this week, key senators say

By Tom Howell Jr. and Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, and wife Gayle Conelly Manchin arrive for a State Dinner with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and President Donald Trump at the White House, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden’s infrastructure bill doubles annual funding for commission run by Manchin’s wife

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this file photo, former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a Turning Point Action gathering, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) **FILE**

Trump: GOP support for $1.2T infrastructure deal gives Democrats a ‘big win’

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, joined at right by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., are seated together during a luncheon for Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Infrastructure debate devolves into chaos; senators trade accusations of double-crossing

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Democratic leaders discuss their legislative agenda, including voting rights, public health, and infrastructure, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

‘Country over politics’: Bipartisan lawmakers urge Pelosi to not obstruct $1.2T infrastructure deal

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listens as Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, speaks to reporters as intense negotiations continue to salvage a bipartisan infrastructure deal, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP caves to Biden, fought Trump

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021, for a short trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., where he will join first lady Jill Biden who will undergo a procedure to remove an object from her left foot. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden backs adding amnesty into Democrats’ budget bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This May 4, 2021, file image shows teacher Graciela Olague-Barrios reading to two infants at Cuidando Los Ninos in Albuquerque, N.M. The charity provides housing, child care and financial counseling for mothers. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan) ** FILE **

Dems eye specific carve-out for taxpayer-funded raises for care workers

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Retiring Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin said he's been disappointed by constant personal attacks on President Obama's foreign policy. (Associated Press)

Former Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan dies at 87

By Mike Householder, Corey Williams and David Eggert - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, the day after the first hearing by her select committee on the Jan. 6 attack. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democratic Caucus fractured by Pelosi holding hostage $1 trillion infrastructure deal

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times