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  4 Southern U.S. House Democrats in Trump seats break with party on coronavirus vote

  Georgia’s Lucy McBath is only Southern Democrat in a seat Trump carried to vote for $3 trillion spending bill ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor WASHINGTON…

• North Carolina U.S. Senator Richard Burr steps down from chairmanship after FBI searches phone

  Burr is under investigation for stock trades made before markets tanked due to coronavirus crisis ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor WASHINGTON (CFP) — The political…

• Jeff Sessions’s plea to Alabama: I really, really love Donald Trump. Really.

  Sessions pens open letter touting his pro-Trump bona fides as he battles for his political life in GOP U.S. Senate primary runoff ♦By Rich Shumate,…

• Insight: How the coronavirus crisis has set off odd, angry crosscurrents across Southern politics

  Budget woes, religious liberty, economic freedom crash against public health concerns ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor The collision between an untreatable and potentially deadly virus…

• Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie faces avalanche of criticism for forcing vote on coronavirus bill

  Massie insists his stand was in defense of the Constitution, but Donald Trump suggests he be tossed from GOP ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor WASHINGTON…

• U.S. Senator Rand Paul pushes back against criticism for not entering self-quarantine while awaiting coronavirus results

  Kentucky Republican was reportedly using Senate gym just hours before positive test result ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com WASHINGTON (CFP) — U.S. Senator Rand Paul of…