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Cathy Bussewitz poses for a portrait in Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Bussewitz, an award-winning Santa Rosa Press Democrat reporter skilled in multimedia and data reporting, has been hired as a government and politics reporter for The Associated Press in Hawaii. (AP Photo/Tom Verdin)
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In this Jan. 28, 2014, photo, Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens as President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the address, Obama unveiled a new program called “myRA,” for “my IRA.” It’s aimed at helping the roughly half of Americans with no retirement plan at work. With low initial investments, workers can invest in Treasury bonds and eventually concert the accounts into traditional IRAs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Obama greets audience members at a Costco store in Lanham, Md., where he spoke about the need to raise the minimum wage. The president is promoting his newly unveiled plans to boost wages for some workers and help Americans save for retirement. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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HOLDING: "All the options that we have are on the table," says Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who insists his department's inquiry into the IRS is free from politics. (Associated Press)
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In a letter asking Barbara Bosserman, the lawyer involved in the IRS investigation, to testify at a hearing next week, Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, expressed concern over Ms. Bosserman's history of financial and personal support for President Obama. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Attorney General Eric Holder pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, before the Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this Nov. 8, 2010 photo, a seedling Joshua tree, right, grows in the shadow of a mature tree at a site proposed for wind turbines to generate electricity, in the Mojave Desert near the town of Apple Valley, Calif. Fears that whirling wind turbines could slaughter protected golden eagles have halted progress on a key piece of the federal government's push to increase renewable energy on public lands, stalling plans for billions of dollars in wind farm developments. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, one of the most vocal Republicans on the marijuana issue, says legalization should be left to states. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Associated Press Texas Gov. Rick Perry is a Republicans who have argued for reviewing marijuana laws.
