Politics

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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican, drew fire from all sides on Wednesday on Capitol Hill after outling a major plan to rewrite the nation's tax code. (Associated Press)

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Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, said he wants to give President Obama a free hand to conduct diplomacy with Iran and doesn't want to see Congress vote on the issue. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Michele Bachmann is among 10 lawmakers who will assemble to celebrate the tea party on Thursday, marking the grass root movement's fifth anniversary. (Associated Press)

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Arkansas House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, center, speaks to reporters gathered in the Speaker's office at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. The House did not vote on the "private option" Medicaid expansion plan Wednesday. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer finishes speaking at a news conference announcing she has vetoed SB1062, a bill designed to give added protection from lawsuits to people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays, at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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FILE - This April 20, 2010 file photo shows Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. speaking to constituents following a tribal Supreme Court hearing in Window Rock, Ariz. Shirley Jr. tells The Associated Press that he will file for the presidency of the Navajo Nation, Thursday Feb. 27, 2014, and focus his campaign on government reform. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca, File)

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This Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 photo shows two of the boxes that animal rights group Mercy For Animals used to deliver more than 110,000 signatures from around the country to the Idaho Capitol urging Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter to veto a bill that stiffens penalties for people who secretly film agriculture operations in Boise, Idaho. The Idaho House voted 56-14 to send the bill to Otter's desk, though the Republican governor hasn't publicly stated his intentions, he's expected to sign the bill. (AP Photo/John Miller)

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Dain Johnson, an intern in Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's office, sorted through more than 110,000 signatures from around the country urging Otter to veto a bill that stiffens penalties for people who secretly film agriculture operations Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Boise, Idaho. About 2,475 of the signatures were from Idaho residents, Johnson said. The Idaho House voted 56-14 on Wednesday to send the bill to Otter's desk, though the Republican governor hasn't publicly stated his intentions, he's expected to sign the bill. (AP Photo/John Miller)