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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center left, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., center right, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right of Schumer, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left of Pelosi, with bipartisan members of the House and Senate, hold a moment of silence for 500,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, on the east front steps of the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Republicans test history in vote against pandemic relief

By STEVE PEOPLES - Associated Press

Supporters of President Donald Trump pause in prayer at a rally outside the Maricopa County Recorder's Office, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Senate can access Maricopa County ballots, judge rules

By Bob Christie - Associated Press

In this file photo, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (Erin Scott/The New York Times via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Sen. Rick Scott woos CPAC to bridge divide between Trump, Mitch McConnell

By S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Bonding, legacy fund, pot loom in Legislature’s second half

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press

Judge rules Arizona Senate can access 2020 election ballots

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Georgia lawmakers again seek to make college hazing a felony

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Montana bill seeks to charge doctors assisting in suicides

By IRIS SAMUELS - Associated Press

In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, left, works beside Vice President Mike Pence during the certification of Electoral College ballots in the presidential election, in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington. Shortly afterward, the Capitol was stormed by rioters determined to disrupt the certification. MacDonough has guided the Senate through two impeachment trials, vexed Democrats and Republicans alike with parliamentary opinions and helped rescue Electoral College certificates from a pro-Trump mob ransacking the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes $1.9T pandemic bill on near party-line vote

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to a pharmacist before watching a COVID-19 vaccine administered at a Giant Foods grocery store, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Kamala Harris won’t weigh in on minimum wage ruling from Senate parliamentarian: Deese

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Highlights of the COVID-19 relief bill advancing in Congress

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during her weekly briefing, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pelosi refers to Sen. Ron Johnson as ‘Miami Vice’ actor in security dispute

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Arkansas lawmaker’s ability to participate remotely halted

Associated Press

President Donald Trump, left, hugs Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, as he comes up on stage during a campaign rally in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mitch McConnell: I’d support Donald Trump if he wins 2024 nomination

By Brian Slodysko - Associated Press

South Dakota lawmakers snub marijuana backers on 2 bills

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 29, 2019, file photo, children play in fountains at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore. Republicans in the Oregon Senate boycotted the Thursday Feb. 25, 2021, session, using a tactic they had employed in the past two years to stop work in the chamber — this time over the state's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)

Oregon Senate hit by another GOP boycott, now over COVID-19

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

Will Lawrence, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's chief of staff, follows a legislative meeting on a bill rewriting the state's emergency management laws, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawrence is warning Republican lawmakers that some of their proposals could be unworkable in a crisis. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Governor’s aide: GOP plan may slow Kansas emergency response

By JOHN HANNA and ANDY TSUBASA FIELD - Associated Press

GOP-led Missouri House OKs private school scholarship bill

By SUMMER BALLENTINE - Associated Press

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chair of the Senate Budget Committee, heads to the chamber as senators arrive for votes on President Joe Biden's cabinet nominees, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Minimum wage hike out of order for COVID-19 relief bill, Senate parliamentarian rules

By David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

COVID-19 bill must drop minimum wage hike, arbiter decides

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Bill aims to expand broadband access for low-income students

By JOSEPHINE WALKER of Capital News Service - Associated Press