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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returns to the Senate chamber after a news conference to criticize the Democrat push to pass a voting rights bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 17, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘An agenda designed to fail’: Democrats give their election bill ‘almost zero’ chance of passing

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Thursday, June 17, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)

Graham on lowering filibuster threshold: ‘Not going to be extorted’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returns to the Senate chamber after a news conference to criticize the Democrat push to pass a voting rights bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 17, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican senators dampen Democratic hopes for voting bill

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. A Chicago police officer has been charged with breaching the U.S. Capitol and entering a senator's office during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Karol Chwiesiuk, was arrested Friday, June 11 and faces five misdemeanor counts, including entering a restricted building, disrupting government business, and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds with intent to impede congressional proceeding. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

House awards Congressional Gold Medal to police who responded to Capitol riot

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and the GOP leadership talk to reporters about progress on an infrastructure bill and voting rights legislation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell hints GOP majority would block Biden Supreme Court nominee

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and the Democratic leadership speak to reporters about progress on an infrastructure bill and voting rights legislation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FiLE **

Schumer ready to go it alone on infrastructure regardless of bipartisan talks

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., introduces former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the nomination of Power to be the next Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Tuesday, March 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

‘No climate, no deal’: Progressives threaten bipartisan infrastructure deal

By Haris Alic - 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. Maricopa County officials on Friday, May 21, directed the Arizona Senate and the auditors it hired to review the county's 2020 election count to preserve documents for a possible lawsuit. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File)

Arizona election audit hits hand-recount milestone

By Bob Christie - Associated Press

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, attends a Senate Budget Committee hearing to discuss President Joe Biden's budget request for FY 2022 on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

‘Why give them a win?’: New infrastructure talks spur GOP fears of a Biden double-cross

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., leaves the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Bipartisan lawmakers reach ‘tentative’ infrastructure deal

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Pelosi: Voting bill ‘must become law’ despite Sen. Manchin’s opposition

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, U.S. Capitol Police officers hold off rioters loyal to President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Senate report details sweeping failures around Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate authorizes $250 billion in tech spending to counter China

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden talks about the May jobs report from the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Friday, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Senate confirms first Biden judicial nominees

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 vaccination program, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden abandons infrastructure talks after Senate GOP refuses to back tax hikes

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Gov. Tom Wolf encourages Pennsylvanians to vote &quot;No&quot; on disaster response ballot questions on the upcoming primary ballot during a news conference at the Allegheny County Courthouse on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania voters will decide May 18 on two state constitutional amendments limiting the governor's emergency declaration powers. In background is Pennsylvania Democratic Party chair Nancy Patton Mills. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

‘The people have spoken’: Pa. House votes to end governor’s COVID disaster declaration

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd before he speaks at the North Carolina Republican Convention Saturday, June 5, 2021, in Greenville, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

Trump loyalty put to the test in New Jersey GOP primary

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are shown in this file photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House Speaker Donald Trump? Former president calls idea ‘very interesting’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 vaccination program, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House: New GOP infrastructure offer doesn’t meet Biden objectives

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., the GOP's lead negotiator on a counteroffer to President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan, walks with reporters as senators go to the chamber for votes ahead of the approaching Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Senate Republicans are ready to deploy the filibuster to block a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection, shattering chances for a bipartisan probe of the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and reviving pressure to do away with the procedural tactic that critics say has lost its purpose. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden, GOP senator have ‘constructive’ talk on infrastructure, White House says

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times