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President Barack Obama speaks at General Electric’s Waukesha Gas Engines facility, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Waukesha, Wis. This trip to Waukesha, Wis., is part of a four-stop tour President Barack Obama is making to expand on themes from his State of the Union address. (AP Photo)
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General Electric employee Reginald Troop introduces President Barack Obama at General Electric's Waukesha, Wis. gas engine plant, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. The trip is part of a four-stop tour President Barack Obama is making to expand themes from his State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
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FILE - This July 17, 2008 file photo shows workers with the California Department of Transportation digging out a large sinkhole on the northbound 110 Freeway in South Pasadena, Calif. A new report commissioned by California's top transportation officials concludes that the state department in charge of highway planning and construction needs a major overhaul. The report authors say that the California Department of Transportation, known as Caltrans, is stuck in the past. (AP Photo)
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FILE-This Oct. 2010 file photo shows CalTrans, left, working along the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles. A new report commissioned by California's top transportation officials concludes that the state department in charge of highway planning and construction needs a major overhaul. The report authors say that the California Department of Transportation, known as Caltrans, is stuck in the past. (AP Photo)
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House and Senate Democrats hold a news conference to discuss their proposal to expand Medicaid coverage in Alaska, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. Pictured are, from left, state Reps. Les Gara and Geran Tarr, Sen. Bill Wielechowski, Rep. Andy Josephson and Sen. Berta Gardner, all from Anchorage. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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State Rep. Geran Tarr, left, addresses reporters during a news conference in which House and Senate Democrats discussed their proposal to expand Medicaid coverage in Alaska, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. Sitting next to her is state Sen. Bill Wielechowski. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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FILE - In this combination of file photos provided by the family via The Press Democrat and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department shows an undated photo of 13-year-old Andy Lopez and the replica assault rifle he was holding when he was shot and killed by two Sonoma County deputies in Santa Rosa, Calif. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. Investigators have given a Northern California prosecutor their final report on a sheriff deputy fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy carrying a toy rifle. Now it's up to Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch to decide whether criminal charges are warranted. Ravitch said Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014 that it may be months before she decides. (AP Photo/Family via The Press Democrat, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, File)
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 photo, Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, left, looks on as Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, right, delivers the State of the State Address to a joint session of the General Assembly in the House chambers at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Ill. On Thursday, Jan. 30 Madigan proposed cutting Illinois’ corporate income tax in half in an effort to improve the state's business climate, a move that could also help blunt election-year criticism that Democrats’ policies have driven companies out and contributed to stubbornly high unemployment. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
