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Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seen on stage at the 2013 Glamour Women of the Year Awards on on Monday, November, 11, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision /AP Images)

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National Edition News Cover for November 12, 2013 - U.S. bishops will ponder politics as they pick new leader: Archbishop Emeritus Francis Hurley, of Anchorage, Ak., is silhouetted as he rides an escalator after a session at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, their first national meeting since Pope Francis was elected. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Chris Cox picks up dried leaves he raked near the Lincoln Memorial in October during the partial federal government shutdown. He took it upon himself to spruce up the grounds that were being neglected. He'll return Wednesday to receive a thank you. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Chris Cox of Mount Pleasant, S.C., pushes a cart near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Cox has taken it upon himself to mow and clean up the grounds around the Lincoln Memorial during the government shutdown and has worked at least 100 hours, since he started eight days ago. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (associated press)

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In op-ed for U.S. News & World Report in 2009, Rep. Spencer Bachus, Alabama Republican, used virtually the same words as a former colleague to discus the perils of online gambling then before Congress. Rep. Jim Leach, who retired after serving 30 years in Congress, had written the passages three years earlier. (Associated Press)