Labor

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The Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, April 18, 2013. In front from left to right are Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican; Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat; Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican; and Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. The legislation would dramatically remake the U.S. immigration system by ushering in new visa programs for low- and high-skilled workers, requiring a tough new focus on border security, instituting a new requirement for all employers to check the legal status of their workers, and installing a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the country illegally. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Job seekers fill out employment applications at the Green Mountain Flagging table at the fourth annual Central Vermont Job Fair in Montpelier, Vt., on Thursday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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** FILE ** First lady Michelle Obama speaks during a bill signing ceremony for Maryland's Veterans Full Employment Act of 2013 at the Maryland State House in Annapolis on April 17, 2013. (Associated Press)

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"To comply with the Affordable Care Act, Regal had to increase our health care budget to cover those newly deemed eligible based on the law's definition of a full time employee," a Regal Entertainment Group memo to employees reads. The movie chain must cut hours in order to better shoulder the costs of President Obama's signature health care legislation.

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Medical workers and authorities work on the scene near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/WCVB-TV/ABC)

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"Unemployment is down to 6 percent. It had been as high as 8.5 percent, 9 percent. I attribute most of the reduction to Eagle Ford." — John LaRue, executive director of the Port of Corpus Christi.