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Senate President Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, left, speaks with Sen. Larry Teague, D-Nashville, in the Senate chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Sen. Jon Woods, R-Springdale, speaks in the Senate chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. The Senate voted 32-0 to consider changing the law to give Gov. Mike Beebe the choice to not hold a special election to fill the lieutenant governor's office left vacant with the Feb. 1 resignation of Lt. Gov. Mark Darr. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Kansas State Reps. Steve Brunk, left, a Wichita Republican, and Susan Concannon, right, a Beloit Republican, confer during a House debate on a bill granting special legal protections to people, groups and businesses resisting gay marriage for religious reasons, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 in Topeka, Kan.. Brunk supports the bill, while Concannon believes it needs more work. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas state Reps. Julie Menghini, left, a Pittsburg Democrat, and Emily Perry, right, a Mission Democrat, confer during a House debate on a bill dealing with gay marriage, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The bill grants special legal protections to people, groups and businesses that refuse for religious reasons to provide goods and services for gay marriages. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2014 file photo, Panama Canal's administrator Jorge Quijano gives a press conference in Panama City. Since the crisis erupted regarding the cost of finishing the Panama Canal’s expansion, the nation has rallied almost unanimously behind the engineer, thrusting him into the media spotlight to defend the canal, which is almost synonymous with the nation’s identity. They applaud him for standing up to public attacks by contractors that he likens to “extortion” and “terrorism.” (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)
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Former San Francisco Mayor and California State Assembly Speaker Willie Brown speaks to several hundred and closes his remarks during the dedication of the Willie L. Brown, Jr. Bridge at Treasure Island Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in San Francisco. The western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is now named for the former speaker and mayor. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Former San Francisco Mayor and California State Assembly Speaker Willie Brown gestures while speaking during the dedication of the Willie L. Brown, Jr. Bridge at Treasure Island Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in San Francisco. The western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in the background has been named for the former speaker and mayor. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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As many as 5.7 million noncitizens may have voted in the 2008 election, which put Barack Obama in the White House, according to research organization Just Facts, (Associated Press/File)
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**FILE** President Barack Obama speaks to reporters on Air Force One shortly after landing in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)