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Demonstrators chant outside Tom Bradley International Terminal during a protest by airport service workers from United Service Workers West union Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at Los Angeles International Airport. The vigil in support of travelers affected by the executive order restricting travel from seven primarily Muslim countries. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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Demonstrators chant outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal during a protest by airport service workers from United Service Workers West union, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017 at Los Angeles International Airport. The vigil in support of travelers affected by the executive order restricting travel from seven primarily Muslim countries. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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A supporter, foreground, of President Donald Trump yells as demonstrators chant outside Tom Bradley International Terminal during a protest by airport service workers from United Service Workers West union Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at Los Angeles International Airport. The vigil in support of travelers affected by the executive order restricting travel from seven primarily Muslim countries. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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Demonstrators chant outside Tom Bradley International Terminal during a protest by airport service workers from United Service Workers West union Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at Los Angeles International Airport. The vigil in support of travelers affected by the executive order restricting travel from seven primarily Muslim countries. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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Demonstrators chant outside Tom Bradley International Terminal during a protest by airport service workers from United Service Workers West union Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at Los Angeles International Airport. The vigil is in support of travelers affected by the executive order restricting travel from seven primarily Muslim countries. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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FILE- In this Dec. 7, 2016, file photo, Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz speaks during the Starbucks 2016 Investor Day meeting in New York. Starbucks says it will hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years, a response to President Donald Trump's indefinite suspension of Syrian refugees and temporary travel bans that apply to six other Muslim-majority nations. Schultz said in a letter to employees Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, that the hiring would apply to stores worldwide. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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The HealthCare.gov website is still up and running, days after congressional Republicans imposed a deadline to begin their promised Obamacare repeal. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer Sr., of the Service Employees International Union, talks to demonstrators opposed to President Donald Trump's executive order barring entry to the U.S. by Muslims from certain countries at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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Flowers, images and a jersey are among the items at the front of the room where Kansas City Royals' Yordano Ventura was remembered by members and employees of the team in Kansas City, Mo. Ventura died in a car crash in the Dominican Republic. (John Sleezer/The Kansas City Star via AP)

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A wreath stands outside a room where Kansas City Royals' Yordano Ventura was remembered by members and employees of the baseball team in Kansas City, Mo. Ventura died in a car crash in the Dominican Republic. (John Sleezer/The Kansas City Star via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, JAN. 29 WITH CAPITOL FOCUS- Talent Investment Agency Director Wanda Stokes is interviewed Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 in Lansing, Mich. Stokes is conducting a wide-ranging review of Michigan's embattled Unemployment Insurance Agency. She apologized to thousands of people who were wrongly accused of fraud while collecting unemployment benefits and said lawmakers should consider reducing high fraud penalties. (AP Photo/David Eggert)

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In this Oct. 24, 2016, file photo, the HealthCare.gov 2017 web site home page is seen on a laptop in Washington. Though “Obamacare” still divides Americans, a majority worries many will lose coverage if the 2010 law is repealed in the nation’s long-running political standoff over health care. A new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 56 percent of U.S. adults are “extremely” or “very” concerned that many will lose health insurance if the health overhaul is repealed. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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FILE - In this Wed., Jan. 25, 2017 file photo, University of California employees, who are also members of the Teamsters Local 210, shout in protest against cuts in their benefits and tuition hikes outside of a University of California Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco. The University of California's governing board plans to vote Thursday on a proposal that would raise tuition for the first time in seven years. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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University of California employees, who are also members of the Teamsters Local 210, shout in protest against cuts in their benefits during a University of California Board of Regents meeting Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, in San Francisco. The University of California's governing board opened a two-day meeting where the key issue is a tuition hike proposed by UC President Janet Napolitano, who recently was hospitalized for side-effects from cancer treatment. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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University of California employees, who are also members of the Teamsters Local 210, shout in protest against cuts in their benefits and tuition hikes outside of a University of California Board of Regents meeting Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, in San Francisco. The University of California's governing board opened a two-day meeting where the key issue is a tuition hike proposed by UC President Janet Napolitano, who recently was hospitalized for side-effects from cancer treatment. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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FILE - In this Thursday, March 3, 2016, file photo, Georgia Department of Labor services specialist Louis Holliday, right, helps a woman with a job search on a computer at an unemployment office in Atlanta. On Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, the Labor Department reports on state unemployment rates for December. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2017, file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his 2017-2018 state budget plan he released at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Brown is coming off a blockbuster year of liberal wins on climate change, minimum wage, gun control and two of his pet projects, sentencing reform and high-speed rail. But he delivers his State of the State address Tuesday, Jan. 24 in a time of uncertainty for California and to a Legislature that's in a defensive posture after the election of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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FILE – In this July 15, 2009, file photo, job seeker Dave Pucci of Berwyn, Pa., looks over notes during a sixth annual "Grand Slam Career Fair" as he sits in the stands of Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed a bill Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, that bans employers from asking potential hires to provide their salary histories, despite Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp.'s vow to challenge the measure in court. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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FILE – In this July 15, 2009, file photo, job seekers wait in line during a sixth annual "Grand Slam Career Fair" at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed a bill Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, that bans employers from asking potential hires to provide their salary histories, despite Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp.'s vow to challenge the measure in court. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)