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** FILE ** Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos, right, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 3, 2010. (Associated Press)

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A Colorado company is offering free condoms to Hobby Lobby employees despite the fact the company health plan already covers them. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Illustration on world decline as a consequence of American decline by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch speaks during a forum on The Economics and Politics of Immigration in Boston in this Aug. 14, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

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Billionaire financier Tom Steyer (center) is an environmental activist who is spending $100 million to help elect Democrats this fall. He is rallying support for energy taxes that could impact everyday Americans. But when he ran his own hedge fund, Mr. Steyer sought to help wealthy clients legally avoid paying taxes, reports show. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Tom Graves, Georgia Republican, proposed an amendment as a police rider on a $30.2 billion spending bill for natural resources agencies that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from garnishing wages to collect fines from Americans without a court order. Some Republican senators have demanded the EPA immediately withdraw the rule.

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D.C. Council member and mayoral candidate David Catania, at large independent, said that although he had some concerns with the city's fiscal 2015 budget, namely the 'yoga tax,' he said issues could be addressed in next year's budget discussions. (Associated Press)