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U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan, center, and Reid Ribble, right, listen to moderator Mike Gousha during a panel discussion Monday, March 17, 2014, at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee. Ribble, a Republican from the Fox Valley, and Pocan, a Madison Democrat, belong to No Labels Problem Solvers, a bipartisan group of lawmakers who meet weekly to get to know each other and discuss issues. (AP Photo/M.L. Johnson)
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FILE - In this June 27, 2006 file photo, Washington Supreme Court Justice James Johnson takes a question during a hearing at the Washington State Supreme Court in Olympia, Wash. Johnson, a voice for property rights, law enforcement and open government on Washington’s Supreme Court for the past decade, announced his retirement Monday, March 17, 2014, saying his health had prompted the decision. (AP Photo/John Froschauer, file)
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A anti-government demonstrator, left, argues with a pro-government supporter inside of Plaza Altamira in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 17, 2014. The cardboard sign the woman carries reads ins Spanish "GNB please help us. The students have the ideas. The thugs have the guns." The pro-government sympathizers carry brooms to clean Plaza Altamira from debris left over from previous clashes. Security forces on Monday took control of the plaza and surrounding neighborhoods that have become the center of anti-government protests that have shaken the country for a month. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew, right, speaks to the press next to Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Sen. Cory Booker, New Jersey Democrat, says the newest proposed unemployment benefits bill is a step in the right direction in getting people long out of the labor force back to work. (Associated Press)
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Illinois Republican primary gubernatorial candidate State Sen. Bill Brady campaigns Monday, March 17, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. Brady faces businessman Bruce Rauner, State Sen. Kirk Dillard and State Treasurer Dan Rutherford in Tuesday's primary election. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Bruce Rauner, left, talks to reporters during a campaign stop Monday, March 17, 2014, in Moline, Ill. Rauner faces State Sen. Bill Brady, State Sen. Kirk Dillard and State Treasurer Dan Rutherford in Tuesday's primary. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Bruce Rauner, left, smiles as his wife Diana, points to his St. Patrick's Day pin in the back of his campaign bus Monday, March 17, 2014, in Moline, Ill. Rauner faces State Sen. Bill Brady, State Sen. Kirk Dillard and State Treasurer Dan Rutherford in Tuesday's primary. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
