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President Donald Trump listens as his daughter, Ivanka Trump, speaks at a workforce development roundtable at Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee, Wis., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 file photo, Alan Leafman, center, president of Health Insurance Express, Inc., helps Raquel Bernal, right, and her husband John Bernal, left, both of Apache Junction, Ariz., navigate the nation's new health care insurance system online at the Health Insurance Express store in Mesa, Ariz. Two insurance companies offering individual health plans on federal exchanges in Arizona have filed paperwork to continue selling coverage in 2018, a move which will likely prevent a repeat of last year's crisis that saw one county briefly without a provider. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, right, House Speaker Tom Leonard, center, and Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, left, speak to reporters after announcing a budget and pension deal on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at the Capitol in Lansing, Mich. The Republicans had been at odds over trying to close the pension system to new hires, and the impasse had prolonged budget work. (AP Photo/David Eggert)

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FILE – In this March 28, 2012, file photo, Brad Hartzell, left, of Somers Point, N.J., sells lottery tickets to Lisa Lysinger, of Ocean City, N.J., at the A Few Bucks store in Somers Point, N.J. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is hoping the New Jersey Lottery is the ticket to shoring up the state's ever-growing pension obligations for public employees, with legislation introduced in June 2017 as part of the Republican governor's push to implement his plan to make the lottery property of the pension system for 30 years. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City via AP, File)

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FILE – In this Feb. 25, 2015, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a town hall meeting in Moorestown, N.J. Christie is hoping the New Jersey Lottery is the ticket to shoring up the state's ever-growing pension obligations for public employees, with legislation introduced in June 2017 as part of the Republican governor's push to implement his plan to make the lottery property of the pension system for 30 years. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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Illustration on the plight of unionized employees by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre, after signing legislation designed to reduce long-term public pension costs during a ceremony in the Pennsylvania Capitol on Monday, June 12, 2017 in Harrisburg, Pa. Looking on at right is House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-Indiana. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

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Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf signs legislation designed to reduce long-term public pension costs during a signing ceremony in the Pennsylvania Capitol on Monday, June 12, 2017 in Harrisburg, Pa. Looking on are Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre, left, and House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-Indiana. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

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Shawn Sullivan, left, budget director for Gov. Sam Brownback, talks with lobbyist Matt Hickam, right, whose clients include health insurance companies that help the state run its Medicaid coverage for needy residents, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., on Saturday, June 10, 2017. Legislators are trying to wrap up work on budget legislation. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas state Sen. Ed Berger, left, R-Hutchinson, confers with Sen. Rick Wilborn, R-McPherson, before a Senate debate on budget legislation, Saturday, June 10, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawmakers are moving to give pay raises to many state employees as they wrap up work on budget legislation (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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This file photo made Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, Dallas police and firefighters fill the gallery for a city council budget meeting at Dallas City Hall in Dallas. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed two bills aimed at fixing troubled pensions in Dallas and Houston respectively. Both are projected to have billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities that could have caused them to go broke in a decade or less. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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This file photo made Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, shows the gallery during a Dallas Police & Fire Pension System board of trustees meet in Dallas. Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed two bills aimed at fixing troubled pensions in Dallas and Houston respectively. Both are projected to have billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities that could have caused them to go broke in a decade or less. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Eric C. Conn, seen here in a photo issued by the FBI, is accused of attempting to bilk the federal government with more than $500 million worth of bogus Social Security disability applications.

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This undated booking photo provided by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Robert White II, of Las Vegas. White II, was acquitted at trial on Thursday, June 8, 2017, of a misdemeanor domestic battery after a judge heard evidence that his girlfriend was the aggressor in a physical argument. He lost his job at The Shade Tree domestic violence shelter following his arrest. (Clark County Detention Center via AP)

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Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, speaks with reporters after session outside the Michigan Senate on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Lansing, Mich. Meekhof says he remains committed to closing the pension system to newly hired teachers and instead giving them a 401(k) only, despite opposition from Gov. Rick Snyder and concerns that the stance is slowing passage of the next state budget. (AP Photo/David Eggert)

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FILE- This March 1, 2017, file photo shows an exterior view of the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco. Uber has fired more than 20 employees after a law firm investigated complaints of sexual harassment, bullying, discrimination and other violations of company policies. An Uber spokeswoman says the firm Perkins Coie was hired after former engineer Susan Fowler posted a blog in February about sex harassment at the ride-hailing company. Fowler wrote that on her first day at work her boss propositioned her in a series of messages. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

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In this Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, file photo, a man walks past health insurer Anthem's corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

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Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs speaks during a press conference at the scene where five employees were killed Monday, June 5, 2017, in a shooting at a business in Orlando (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

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Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs speaks during a press conference at the scene where five employees were killed Monday, June 5, 2017, in a shooting at a business in Orlando. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

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Construction workers leave flowers near the attack scene at London Bridge following Saturday's attack Monday June 5, 2017. (Isabel Infantes/PA via AP)