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Rep. Jim Dunnigan, R-Taylorsville and House Speaker Becky Lockhart, R-Provo talks before he becomes Speaker pro tem at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Thursday, March 13, 2014. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Ravell Call)
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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2013, file photo, Former Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker appears in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Ariz. Junker, who acknowledged participating in an illegal campaign contribution scheme, faces sentencing Thursday, March 13, 2014, in federal court. Junker pleaded guilty two years ago to a federal conspiracy charge after being accused of being involved in the scheme in which Fiesta Bowl employees made illegal campaign contributions to politicians and were reimbursed by the nonprofit bowl. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Mark Henle, File) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES.
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National Edition News cover for March 14, 2014 - FBI blocked in corruption probe of Reid, Lee: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (top), Nevada Democrat, and Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican, are facing accusations of wrongdoing, but the Justice Department has thwarted FBI attempts to launch an investigation.
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Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Bruce Rauner give a thumbs up to supporters outside the WTTW-TV studios as he arrives for the last televised debate before next week's primary Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Bruce Rauner give a thumbs up to supporters outside the WTTW-TV studios as he arrives for the last televised debate before next week's primary Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Bruce Rauner departs a studio at WTTE-TV after the last televised debate between Rauner and state Sen. Kirk Dillard, state Sen. Bill Brady, and state Treasurer Dan Rutherford before the primary next week Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Republican gubernatorial primary candidates state Sen. Kirk Dillard, left, and Bruce Rauner wait for the start of their last televised debate with state Sen. Bill Brady and state Treasurer Dan Rutherford, before next week's primary, Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Republican gubernatorial primary candidates state Sen. Kirk Dillard, left, and businessman Bruce Rauner wait for the start of their last televised debate with state Sen. Bill Brady and state Treasurer Dan Rutherford, before next week's primary, Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Audience members photograph the Republican gubernatorial primary candidates before their last televised debate before next week's primary, Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Republican gubernatorial primary candidates from left, state Sen. Bill Brady, state Treasurer Dan Rutherford, state Sen. Kirk Dillard and businessman Bruce Rauner prepare for their last televised debate before next week's primary, Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, right, talks with Sen. Greg Taylor, D-Indianapolis, in the senate chamber on the final day of the 2014 legislative session at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 13, 2014. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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Cover Oregon board members, from right, Laura Cali, Elizabeth Baxter and Dr. George Brown listen to interim Cover Oregon Executive Director Dr. Bruce Goldberg, at left, during a Cover Oregon board meeting in Portland, Ore., Thursday, March 13, 2014. A federal government report on Oregon's botched health insurance exchange faults the state's main information technology contractor for not providing key information to Cover Oregon and blames the exchange for lax management. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Cover Oregon Executive Director Dr. Bruce Goldberg speaks during a Cover Oregon board meeting in Portland, Ore., Thursday, March 13, 2014. A federal government report on Oregon's botched health insurance exchange faults the state's main information technology contractor for not providing key information to Cover Oregon and blames the exchange for lax management. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Cover Oregon board members and others meet during a Cover Oregon board meeting in Portland, Ore., Thursday, March 13, 2014. A federal government report on Oregon's botched health insurance exchange faults the state's main information technology contractor for not providing key information to Cover Oregon and blames the exchange for lax management. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Cover Oregon Executive Director Dr. Bruce Goldberg, right, speaks during a Cover Oregon board meeting in Portland, Ore., Thursday, March 13, 2014. A federal government report on Oregon's botched health insurance exchange faults the state's main information technology contractor for not providing key information to Cover Oregon and blames the exchange for lax management. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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FILE - In this March 5, 2014 file photo, Illinois Republican primary gubernatorial candidates from left, State Sen. Bill Brady, State Sen. Kirk Dillard, venture capitalist Bruce Rauner, and state Treasurer Dan Rutherford, sit before a debate in Chicago. The four Republicans don't completely agree on perhaps the biggest financial decision looming over Illinois residents' pocketbooks _ whether to extend the state's temporary income tax hike. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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Former Chicago alderman and Cook County commissioner Robert Shaw leaves a news conference Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Chicago after announcing he will run for Chicago mayor. He plans to challenge Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in next year's race. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Jon Seidel) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES
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Lawmakers from the House and Senate speak to the media about an agreed-upon supplemental budget on Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Olympia, Wash. The budget puts more money into basic education and caps tuition increases for public college students for the second year in a row. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
