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FILE - In this July 9, 2014, file photo, Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The freshman senator and four-term Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state have pushed legislation that would counter last month’s court ruling and reinstate free contraception for women who are on health insurance plans of objecting companies. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

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Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey A. Stewart said that members have directed the county's executive to find out, among other things, how many children are being housed in the county. (The Washington Times)

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has said that Republican employment policies have helped people in his state, among others. However, the statistics he cited fail to take into account those people who have given up trying to find work entirely, thereby reducing the overall tallies of the unemployed. (Associated Press)

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has said that Republican employment policies have helped people in his state, among others. However, the statistics he cited fail to take into account those people who have given up trying to find work entirely, thereby reducing the overall tallies of the unemployed. (associated press)

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Construction workers work behind tarps in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., Monday, July 14, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Nurturing stronger economic growth and lower unemployment rather than worrying about emerging market bubbles is the continued focus of the Federal Reserve. (Associated Press)

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This March 27, 2009, file photo shows the Treasury Building in Washington. The Washington Times reports that the IRS regularly lends — a nice way of saying "rents" — government workers to the National Treasury Employees Union. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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UAW Secretary-Treasurer Gary Casteel (right) stands with Volkswagen employees at a news conference Thursday in Chattanooga, Tenn., at which Mr. Casteel announced the formation of a new local of the United Auto Workers' union, with the blessing of the German automaker's officials. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2013 file photo, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Marc Miller is seen at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. The DNR has hired just four of the 53 new employees it says it needs to oversee the state’s much praised compromise on regulating hydraulic fracturing. The agency has come under increasing criticism from “fracking” supporters who had hoped that high-volume oil and gas drilling could begin this summer. Miller says the agency is working on filling the jobs and still will meet a Nov. 15 legal deadline to have the rules in place. He says 23 jobs are posted, and the agency should have 15 people on board by the end of July. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

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Workers clean the stairs at Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo. Brazil faces a shortage of up to 8.5 million workers in 2020 if it hopes to maintain current growth rates, according to a report from the Boston Consulting Group. The United States is forecast to have a surplus of up to 22 million workers in 2020. (Associated Press)