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FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2020 file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will confer Wednesday with White House officials on next steps for President Joe Biden's nearly $4 trillion infrastructure plans as talks with Republicans see-saw in search of a potential deal. Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will confer Wednesday, June 23, 2021 with White House officials on next steps for President Joe Biden's nearly $4 trillion infrastructure plans as talks with Republicans see-saw in search of a potential deal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Pelosi, Schumer to huddle with White House on infrastructure

By Lisa Mascaro And Kevin Freking Jun. 22, 2021 06:22 PM EDT

Newly-elected House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., second from left, watches as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
GOP leaders condemn Greene over Holocaust comments

By Brian Slodysko May. 25, 2021 12:34 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on investments in infrastructure, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Biden and Democrats in Congress are jamming their agenda forward with a sense of urgency. They're taking an unapologetically partisan approach to advance the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue, voting rights and other priorities. Their calculation is that it's better to try to push ahead than risk wasting time courting Republican support that may never come. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Eager to act, Biden and Democrats leave Republicans behind

By Lisa Mascaro And Zeke Miller Mar. 04, 2021 10:35 AM EST

Patti Miller speaks with Senate President Bill Ferguson as her husband, Senate President Emeritus Thomas V. Mike Miller, lies in state under the State House dome in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun via AP, Pool)
Maryland pays tribute to longtime Senate president Miller

By Brian Witte Jan. 22, 2021 04:36 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019 file photo, Republican Conference chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Impeachment could become defining moment for Liz Cheney

By Will Weissert Jan. 13, 2021 04:10 PM EST

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference on the day after violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol 'insurrection'

By Lisa Mascaro, Bill Barrow And Mary Clare Jalonick Jan. 11, 2021 01:55 PM EST

Security officials survey the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, ahead of the scheduled presidential inauguration. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is calling for congressional action to rein in President Donald Trump after inciting last week's deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The Latest: No public access to Capitol grounds Jan. 20

Jan. 11, 2021 01:38 PM EST

FILE - In this May 3, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump waits for a segment to start during a Fox News virtual town hall from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. The most improbable of presidents, Donald Trump reshaped the office and shattered its centuries-old norms and traditions while dominating the national discourse like no one before. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
GOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves COVID aid in chaos

By Lisa Mascaro And Andrew Taylor Dec. 25, 2020 01:42 AM EST

Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference with the Problem Solvers Caucus about the expected passage of the emergency COVID-19 relief bill, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
GOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves COVID aid in chaos

By Lisa Mascaro And Andrew Taylor Dec. 24, 2020 12:04 AM EST

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference following a weekly meeting with the Senate Republican caucus, Tuesday, Dec. 8. 2020 at the Capitol in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)
Democrats squeezed as COVID-19 relief talks continue

By Andrew Taylor Dec. 14, 2020 02:47 PM EST

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, to announce his health care team. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The Latest: Biden says he plans to name Austin defense chief

Dec. 08, 2020 02:22 PM EST

FILE - In this June 30, 2020, file photo, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Lawmakers are giving themselves more time to sort through their end-of-session business on government spending and COVID-19 relief, preparing a one-week stopgap spending bill that would prevent a shutdown this weekend. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Virus talks drag on liability as Congress preps stopgap aid

By Andrew Taylor Dec. 07, 2020 03:56 PM EST

President Donald Trump drives a golf cart as he golfs at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Latest: Trump, US agency allow formal Biden transition

Nov. 23, 2020 03:34 PM EST

This combination of file photos shows from left, Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. on Feb. 29, 2020, in Columbia, S.C., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., on July 24, 2020, in Washington and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., on March 3, 2020, in Washington. Hoyer and No. 3 party leader Clyburn, Congress’ highest ranking Black member, were reelected to their positions, like Pelosi without opposition on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP Photo)
Dems nominate Pelosi as speaker again to lead into Biden era

By Alan Fram Nov. 18, 2020 12:09 AM EST

Montana Advanced Caregivers owner Richard Abromeit talks about different strains of marijuana stored in a refrigerator at the Billings, Mont., medical marijuana dispensary on Nov. 11, 2020. Recreational marijuana initiatives passed in four states this year, from liberal New Jersey to conservative Montana and South Dakota. The results prove how broadly accepted marijuana has become throughout the country and across party lines. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
Americans across party lines, regions embrace marijuana

By Amy Beth Hanson Nov. 16, 2020 03:00 AM EST

FILE - In this April 28, 2020 file photo, Democrat Kweisi Mfume reacts while speaking to reporters during an election night news conference after he won the 7th Congressional District special election, in Baltimore. Kimberly Klacik says her social media ads blaming Democrats for Baltimore's woes helped to secure a speaking role for her at the Republican National Convention in August. Mfume defeated her with 74% of the vote in an April special election. But Klacik has a huge fundraising edge heading down the stretch. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
AP News Guide: Election Day 2020 in Maryland

By Brian Witte Nov. 03, 2020 08:25 AM EST

Maryland voters cast their ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 at the Pip Moyer Recreation Center in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
All 8 of Maryland’s US House incumbents win reelection

By Brian Witte Nov. 03, 2020 01:29 AM EST

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., meets with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)
Trump, Lee, Tillis: Congress reconsiders testing its own

By Laurie Kellman Oct. 02, 2020 09:15 PM EDT

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. speaks during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Democrats to redraft virus relief in bid to jump-start talks

By Andrew Taylor Sep. 24, 2020 05:25 PM EDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., walks to her office, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Pelosi: House to stay in session until COVID-19 rescue pact

By Andrew Taylor Sep. 15, 2020 11:17 AM EDT