Politics

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** FILE ** In this Feb. 18, 2010, file photo, The Dalai Lama walks out of the White House in Washington, after meeting with President Barack Obama. Obama will host Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama for a meeting on Feb. 21, 2014, the White House said, in a move that could rankle already tense relations between the U.S. and China. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Northweastern's Lauren Douglas (11) pulls a rebound away from Penn State's Tori Waldner (44) during the first half of an NCAA basketball game in State College, Pa., Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)

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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus says the party is spending its money "in a way that's designed to help candidates up and down the ballot." (Associated Press)

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Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, New York Democrat, told gun-control advocates at a recent event on Capitol Hill that "it's going to be a long battle." Democrats in Congress are now playing small ball on gun control.

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Sen. Ed Markey, Massachusetts Democrat, renewed a push to require all newly-manufactured handguns to be "personalized" with technology that prevents them from being used by criminals or the mentally ill. (associated press photographs)

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Republican Eddie Farnsworth speaks in support of the bill backed by Republicans that expands the rights of people to assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays and others at the Arizona State Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 in Phoenix, Ariz. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Stacie Scott)