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FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2013 file photo, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal addresses attendees during the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's Defending the American Dream Summit in Orlando, Fla. A slow but steady economic recovery is generating more tax revenue than many states had anticipated, offering elected officials tantalizing choices about whether to ply voters with tax breaks, boost spending for favorite programs or sock away cash for another rainy day. The Republican Louisiana Governor wants to steer the surplus to education and health care. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

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FILE - In this Jan 8, 2014 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his annual State of the State address at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y. A slow but steady economic recovery is generating more tax revenue than many states had anticipated, offering elected officials tantalizing choices about whether to ply voters with tax breaks, boost spending for favorite programs or sock away cash for another rainy day. The Democratic New York Governor wants to tap a surplus to roll back recent tax hikes, despite other Democrats’ ideas for new spending. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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FILE - In this Jan 9, 2014 file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a question concerning his proposed 2014-15 state budget he unveiled at a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. A slow but steady economic recovery is generating more tax revenue than many states had anticipated, offering elected officials tantalizing choices about whether to ply voters with tax breaks, boost spending for favorite programs or sock away cash for another rainy day. The Democratic California Governor wants some increased spending but also to pay down debts and rebuild a rainy day fund.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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FILE -- In this Jan. 9, 2014 file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown reaches for a chart showing the volatility of capital gains revenue that the state depends on for budgeting, during a news conference in which he unveiled his proposed 2014-15 state budget in Sacramento, Calif. A slow but steady economic recovery is generating more tax revenue than many states had anticipated. California, once the epitome of busted budgets, is now forecasting a $3.2 billion budget surplus.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

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In this Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, file photo shows, incoming General Motors CEO Mary Barra is seen at the awards ceremony for the North Americans Car and Truck of the Year award at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. General Motors Co. says new CEO Mary Barra will get a base salary of $1.6 million per year as she takes over the global automaker. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, photo, a General Electric logo is displayed on a kitchen appliances in a H.H. Gregg store in Cranberry Township, Pa. General Electric Co. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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President Barack Obama waves to people in the balcony before signing the $1.1 trillion spending bill that funds the federal government through the end of September, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 at Jackson Place, a conference center near the White House. Obama signed the measure the day before federal funding was set to run out and was joined by aides who did much of the work negotiating it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2013 file photo, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a longtime deficit hawk, outlines his annual “Wastebook,” which points a critical finger at billions of dollars in questionable government spending during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn says he plans to finish the current year in office and resign his seat nearly two years before his term is scheduled to end. The 66-year-old Coburn released a statement late Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 saying he would give up his seat at the end of the current session of Congress, scheduled to end in January 2015.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. On Wednesday, the Republican-run House passed an immense $1.1 trillion spending package, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. return to their offices on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, during a short recess as the Senate worked to get final congressional approval for an immense $1.1 trillion spending package, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The legislation is a follow-up to the budget compromise the two parties pushed through Congress in December that set overall spending limits for the next two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Republican lawmakers arrive at the Capitol as the Senate votes to approve a $1.1 trillion spending package, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. From left to right are: Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. The legislation is a follow-up to the budget compromise the two parties pushed through Congress in December that set overall spending limits for the next two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)