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Senate panel advances Interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland, who could become 1st Native American to head Cabinet agency

In this Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., listens during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Some Republican senators labeled Haaland "radical" over her calls to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and address climate change, and said that could hurt rural America and major oil and gas-producing states. The label of Haaland as a "radical" by Republican lawmakers is getting pushback from Native Americans. (Jim Watson/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Biden, Democrats leave Republicans behind in effort to push agenda forward

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. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

COVID-19 relief bill: Biden, Senate Dems agree to tighten income limits for $1,400 stimulus checks

This April 23, 2020, file photo shows a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, in San Antonio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Becerra’s nomination to lead HHS goes to Senate floor after committee deadlocks on vote

n this feb. 24, 2021, photo, Xavier Becerra testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to be secretary of Health and Human Services on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Joe Biden’s pick for health secretary is taking heat for his defense of abortion rights from a tag team of Republicans looking to define him —and the new administration— as out of the mainstream. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Neera Tanden withdraws her budget chief nomination in 1st high-profile defeat of Biden Cabinet nominee

Neera Tanden appears before a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 10, 2021. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press)

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Schumer could bring $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill to Senate floor as soon as Wednesday

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at left by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the majority whip, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance Merrick Garland’s AG nomination

Judge Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's pick to be attorney general, answers questions from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., as he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Dems mull changes to House COVID-19 relief bill; minimum wage hike unlikely

Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill being prepped in Congress includes a provision that over five years would hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump takes stage for 1st time since leaving office, repeats false claims about election loss

Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Asm. Phil Ting discusses legislature’s school reopening plan

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Rep. Karen Bass talks minimum wage, new policing bill

COVID-19 relief bill: Here’s how much you could get in stimulus checks, child tax breaks

A check from the U.S. Treasury Department and cash are seen in a file photo. (iStock/Getty Images Plus)

McConnell says he’d ‘absolutely’ support Trump if he’s the 2024 GOP presidential nominee

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, reacts as President Donald Trump speaks to the press before a meeting with Republican Congressional leaders at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 5, 2018. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)