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Trader Michael Conlon, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street, led by declines in health care stocks and banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Traders Richard Newman, left, Robert Arciero, center, and John Panin, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street, led by declines in health care stocks and banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep, Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, follows House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. to a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, as House Republicans introduce their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, as House Republicans introduce their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, right, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., wrap up a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, as House Republicans introduce their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this March 2, 2017, file photo, a banner for Snap Inc. hangs from the front of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Snap’s stock may be heading for an opening below its first day closing price for the first time as people try to determine the tech company’s worth. Shares are down more than 3 percent to $23.00 in premarket trading on Tuesday, March 7. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Specialist Stephen Naughton, left, and trader Fred Demarco, center, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street, led by declines in health care stocks and banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Traders Edward McCarthy, left, and Daniel Leporin, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street, led by declines in health care stocks and banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street, led by declines in health care stocks and banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Roger Strauch of the Mosse Foundation and the Mosse Art Restitution Project attends a news conference to announce a public private partnership in provinience research between public institutions and the heirs of German-Jewish publisher Rudolf Mosse in Berlin, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. The partnership collaborate in search of Mosse's art collection confiscated by the Nazis. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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FILE - In this March 2, 2017 file photo, a banner for Snap Inc. hangs from the front of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Snap’s stock may be heading for an opening below its first day closing price for the first time as people try to determine the tech company’s worth. Shares are down more than 3 percent to $23.00 in premarket trading on Tuesday, March 7. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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In this Feb. 22, 2017, file photo, a large crowd representing a majority of the remaining Dakota Access Pipeline protesters march out of the Oceti Sakowin camp before the 2 p.m. local time deadline set for evacuation of the camp mandated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers near Cannon Ball, N.D. (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)
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Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie speaks during a press conference on the sideline of the National People's Congress at the media center in Beijing, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. China's finance minister is rejecting accusations that the country is keeping its defense budget under wraps. Xiao's remarks came after China released its national budget without the usual figure for defense spending. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie is displayed on a camera monitor during a press conference on the sideline of the National People's Congress at the media center in Beijing, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. China's finance minister is rejecting accusations that the country is keeping its defense budget under wraps. Xiao's remarks came after China released its national budget without the usual figure for defense spending. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie pauses while listening a question from a journalist during a press conference on the sideline of the National People's Congress at the media center in Beijing, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. China's finance minister is rejecting accusations that the country is keeping its defense budget under wraps. Xiao's remarks came after China released its national budget without the usual figure for defense spending. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie waves as he arrives for a press conference on the sideline of the National People's Congress at the media center in Beijing, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. China's finance minister is rejecting accusations that the country is keeping its defense budget under wraps. Xiao's remarks came after China released its national budget without the usual figure for defense spending. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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People shelter from the rain in front of an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, March 6, 2017. Shares were mixed in Asia early Monday following North Korea's launch of four ballistic missiles, three of which landed in Japan's 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone. Hong Kong's benchmark climbed 0.3 percent after the opening of the annual session of the National People's Congress in Beijing.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Simplicity of a VAT Tax Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In this Feb. 28, 2017 photo, Knoxville, Tenn. businessman Randy Boyd talks with reporters in Nashville, Tenn. Boyd has announced that he will run for governor to succeed term-limited Gov. Bill Haslam next year. Boyd served as Haslam's economic development commissioner for two years. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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In this Feb. 28, 2017 photo, Knoxville, Tenn. businessman Randy Boyd talks with reporters in Nashville, Tenn. Boyd has announced that he will run for governor to succeed term-limited Gov. Bill Haslam next year. Boyd served as Haslam's economic development commissioner for two years. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)