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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017 - In this June 21, 2017 photo, Carole Cook, CEO, and Larry Davis, president, pose in the warehouse of Industrial Equipment Company in Houston. (Michael Wyke/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2015, file photo, Lin-Manuel Miranda appears at the curtain call following the opening night performance of "Hamilton" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York. Miranda has enlisted celebrities to sing lyrics from the musical and post them to social media in order to raise money for a coalition of non-profits focused on immigration. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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This photo provided by small business owner Mike Scanlin shows an internet cafe in the city of Hanga Roa on Easter Island. This is the only internet cafe on the island and is where Scanlin responded to all of his emails once a day. As far as Scanlin's customers knew, he was home in California, where he lived at the time, answering emails at strange hours. (Mike Scanlin via AP)
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In this Sept. 23, 2015, photo, provided by small business owner Mike Scanlin, Scanlin poses for a photo on Easter Island in the South Pacific, a Chilean territory. Changes in technology have made it possible for vacationing small business owners to never be out of touch, unless they decide to go to a part of the world without enough cellphone towers, bandwidth or electricity. (Mike Scanlin via AP)
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In this Oct. 12, 2012, photo, provided by Mike Scanlin, small business owner Scanlin poses for a photo on the trail to Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Changes in technology have made it possible for vacationing small business owners to never be out of touch, unless they decide to go to a part of the world without enough cellphone towers, bandwidth or electricity. (Courtesy of Mike Scanlin via AP)
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People queue for their turn to pay at a slowly working cash desk in a building supermarket in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. The cyberattack ransomware that has paralyzed computers across the world hit Ukraine hardest Tuesday, with victims including top-level government offices, energy companies, banks, cash machines, gas stations, and supermarkets. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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This photo provided by Toyota Motor Corp. shows the 2017 Toyota Camry. A solid reputation for durability and reliability, combined with a comfortable ride and easy-to-use features, has made the Camry a huge sales success. (David Dewhurst Photography/Courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp. via AP)
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Rep. Mike Zalewski, D-Riverside, and House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, D-Chicago advocate for a property tax freeze before the House Revenue and Finance Committee Tuesday, June, 27, 2017, at the State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo by John O'Connor)
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, center, D-Chicago, enters the blue room in the basement of the Capitol in Springfield, Ill., to answer questions following a meeting with the four legislative leaders Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Madigan said Monday that Democrats are finalizing a proposed state spending plan that could be ready for Republican scrutiny as early as Tuesday, with just four days before Illinois begins a third year in a row without a budget. (Ted Schurter/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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This 1942 photo provided by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Office of History and taken in the Northern Sector of the ALCAN Highway under construction shows 'Drifters' at work over a high piece of the ALCAN Route in the Yukon. The 'Drifter' is a pneumatic drilling device which makes the hole into which dynamite charges are later placed to blast the road. The highway's 75th anniversary is this year. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History via AP)
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Mwigulu Matonange waits with Elissa Montanti, founder and director of the Global Medical Relief Fund during a prosthetic limb fitting at Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Tax Cutm Legislation Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Friday, May 15, 2015, file photo, Richard Anderson speaks during a panel discussion at the National Press Club in Washington. America's railroad is counting on an airline industry veteran to lead it through a summer of reckoning for congestion and crumbling infrastructure at its busiest station. On Monday, June 26, 2017, Amtrak named former Delta chairman Richard Anderson as its new president and CEO. He'll take charge of the government-owned railroad July 12, as it rushes to make repairs at New York's Penn Station. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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FILE - In this May 15, 2015 file photo, then-Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson speaks at the National Press Club in Washington. Amtrak on Monday, June 26, 2017, namedAnderson as its new president and CEO. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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What's our message? (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)
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Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. CEO Shigehisa Takada listens to a reporter's question during a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, June 26, 2017. Takata has filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo and the U.S., overwhelmed by lawsuits and recall costs related to its production of defective air bag inflators. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. CEO Shigehisa Takada listens to a reporter's question during a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, June 26, 2017. Takata has filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo and the U.S., overwhelmed by lawsuits and recall costs related to its production of defective air bag inflators. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. CEO Shigehisa Takada bows at the beginning of a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, June 26, 2017. Takata Corp. has filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo and the U.S., overwhelmed by lawsuits and recall costs related to its production of defective air bag inflators. (Akiko Matsushita/Kyodo News via AP)