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Supporters participate in a rally in support of universal pre-kindergarten at the Washington Avenue Armory on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is rallying support in Albany for his signature pre-kindergarten plan even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo is attending a separate pro-charter school rally just blocks away — underscoring the political differences between the two powerful Democrats. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio leaves a rally in support of universal pre-kindergarten at the Washington Avenue Armory on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. De Blasio is rallying support in Albany for his signature pre-kindergarten plan even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo is attending a separate pro-charter school rally just blocks away — underscoring the political differences between the two powerful Democrats. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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**FILE** President Barack Obama speaks about Ukraine in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, left, confers with fellow Republican Reps. Richard Floyd of Chattanooga, seated, and Bob Ramsey of Maryville, before a committee meeting in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Floyd is the sponsor of a bill seeking to make noncitizens eligible for in-state tuition to public colleges and universities. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
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FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2013, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama’s budget pushes the HHS budget over $1 trillion for the first time, reflecting an aging population adding to the Medicare rolls, as well as expanded coverage for younger people through the new health law. HHS runs Medicare, Medicaid and the insurance expansion in Obama's health overhaul law, which together provide coverage for about 1 in 3 Americans. Its growing prominence in the federal budget reflects the rise of benefit programs, which now account for more than two-thirds of all government spending. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Attorney John Zeiger, left, questions Oscar C. Hatchett Jr., right, a petition circulator for Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Charlie Earl, during a Tuesday, March 4, 2014, hearing before appointed hearing officer Bradley Smith, back, in Columbus, Ohio. Lawyers sparred in Ohio over whether a Libertarian gubernatorial candidate is qualified for May’s ballot, in a dispute whose outcome could affect Republican Gov. John Kasich’s re-election. Earl has the potential to draw votes from Kasich as he faces a likely challenge from Democrat Ed FitzGerald this fall. Kasich has been criticized by tea party activists and other conservatives within his party for some of his policy decisions, including backing Medicaid expansion and drilling tax increases. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)
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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Deputy Administrator Thomas M. Harrigan, left, and U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado John Walsh, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, prior to testifying before the House Oversight subcommittee on Government Operations hearing on the Obama Administration’s policies on marijuana. In an election year that could tip the balance of power in Congress, some Republicans have accused the White House of cherry-picking which federal laws to enforce. The administration has said it continues to pursue dangerous criminals, but Obama himself last month in an interview declared marijuana no more dangerous than alcohol and contrasted it with “harder drugs” including cocaine and methamphetamine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Deputy Administrator Thomas M. Harrigan, left, and U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado John Walsh, prepare to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, before the House Oversight subcommittee on Government Operations on the Obama Administration’s policies on marijuana. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Deputy Administrator Thomas M. Harrigan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, before the House Oversight subcommittee on Government Operations hearing on the Obama Administration’s policies on marijuana. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2011 file photo, Alan Simpson, speaks in Washington, D.C. A group of Republicans have come out in support of legalizing gay marriage in Utah and Oklahoma, arguing that allowing same-sex unions is consistent with the Western conservative values of freedom and liberty once championed by Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater. The group that includes former Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming and former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas plans to file a friend of the court brief Tuesday, March 4, 2014, to a federal appeals court in Denver that is reviewing same-sex marriage bans in Utah and Oklahoma, said Denver attorney Sean Gallagher, whose firm wrote the 30-page argument. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
