After three weeks in the Capitol, the Senate has not turned into the coronavirus hot spot that some feared.

Only one staffer is known to have tested positive, forcing Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) into quarantine. Democrats still say it's not worth the risk since the Senate isn't fully concentrating on coronavirus. But everyone's worst-case scenario has not been realized - and it's got Senate Republicans mocking House Democrats for implementing an unprecedented new system of proxy voting amid the pandemic.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is feeling increasingly comfortable that his plan to bring back the Senate is paying off, so much so that he likened Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan to allow some remote voting to "ballot harvesting" in a phone call with House Republicans this week, according to a source familiar with the call.

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