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CEO Nigel Travis of Dunkin' Donuts believes a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers is "absolutely outrageous." (CNN)

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Illustration on Hillary's proposed increase in the capital gains tax by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

President Obama (center), with Paul Sullivan (left), vice president of international business development at Acrow Bridge, and Susan Jaime, CEO Ferra Coffee International, gestures during his meeting with small-business owners to discuss the importance of the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on July 22, 2015. (Associated Press)

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's new highway spending bill is already on the skids, with both Democrats and Republicans questioning $47 billion in fees and penalties the legislation counts on to fund new road-building over the next three years. (Associated Press)

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In this June 20, 2015 photo Republican presidential candidate, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks in Washington. Walker is facing potentially embarrassing revelations from an agency once billed as the centerpiece of his plan as Wisconsin’s governor to bring 250,000 jobs to the state. Walker led the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation until stepping down earlier this month after allegations about shoddy lending and favoritism at the agency. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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The now-closed Ibiza nightclub located in NoMa has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times)

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The House has shown it can strike bipartisan deals, and indeed, two of the biggest bills this year have been driven by House Speaker John A. Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: They personally signed off on the Medicare fix deal and backed the bipartisan coalition that wrote the bill stopping the National Security Agency's phone-snooping program. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush Tuesday vowed that if elected, he would take on the political establishment, cut federal spending and shrink the government. (Associated Press)

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In a speech last week outlining her economic agenda, Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed that, if elected president, she would crack down on Wall Street and more vigorously pursue criminal charges against corporate titans who break the law. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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In this June 2, 2015, file photo, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal speaks during a ceremony announcing a $300 million expansion of Google's data center operations in Lithia Springs, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, expects a defense budget for the Senate by week's end. A presidential veto is expected as the proposed spending plan would increase funding for a war chest (Associated Press)

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Empire State Building - New York, NY

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With room for between 50,000 and 80,000 spectators, this had been the site of public spectacles since 80 AD. At 41°53′24.61″N 12°29′32.17″E - Where am I?

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Mount Rushmore - Keystone, South Dakota

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Mount Everest - Himalayan Mountains

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Statue of Liberty - New York, NY

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In this July 3, 2015, file photo, ground crew push the Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered airplane, toward the hangar after landing at the Kalaeloa Airport in Kapolei, Hawaii. The Solar Impulse team said in a news release early Wednesday, July 15, 2015, that they are suspending the around-the-world journey in Hawaii, after the plane suffered battery damage during its flight to the islands. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

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Mark Rienzi, senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, is representing Little Sisters of the Poor. (Associated Press/File)

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Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood and advocate of birth control, is shown at New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel in 1961. (Associated Press/File)

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Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos speaks with the International Monetary Fund's Christine Lagarde during a meeting of Eurogroup finance ministers in Brussels on Sunday. Greece had another chance to convince creditors that it could be trusted to enact wide-ranging economic reforms. (Associated Press)