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Republican Senator Mike Lee says senators who don't want to return to Washington amid the coronavirus pandemic should find a new line of work.  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided to reconvene the Senate next week to consider judicial appointments, not to consider additional legislation to address the crisis.  ...

Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney is joining two other senators in urging President Trump to counter Chinese propaganda related to the start of the coronavirus pandemic.  Romney, Colorado Senator Cory Gardner and Florida Senator Marco Rubio joined forces to send a letter to the President urging the creation of a National Security Council task force.  ...

A Utah congressman is in the hospital and Utah's two U.S. senators are in isolation due to the continuing spread of the coronavirus.  Democratic Congressman Ben McAdams was admitted to the hospital Friday with breathing difficulties, but says he is now off oxygen and will be released when doctors feel it's appropriate.  ...

Senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney are among 39 Republican U.S. senators that have signed an amicus brief, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider two landmark cases that granted rights to abortions. The brief comes from the group Americans United for Life...