Politics

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** FILE ** Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay talks to reporters as he leaves a lunch meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, in Washington. A Texas appeals court tossed the criminal conviction of DeLay on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, saying there was insufficient evidence for a jury in 2010 to have found him guilty of illegally funneling money to Republican candidates. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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** FILE ** Military personnel have their identification checked as they enter the Washington Navy Yard on Thursday, three days after a gunman opened fire inside a building and killed 12 people in September 2013. (Associated Press)

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Referring specifically to abortion, gay marriage and contraceptive use, Pope Francis said, "it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time." He said, "The proclamation of the saving love of God comes before moral and religious imperatives." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe speaks at the Battleground Forum, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, at the Prince William campus of George Mason University in Manassas, Va. McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli met Friday in another non-debate forum, a format that's become common among Virginia's two scandal-scarred candidates for governor. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Neither Republican Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II (left) or Democrat Terry McAuliffe can take comfort that many poll respondents consider both dishonest. Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli speaks at the Battleground Forum, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, at the Prince William campus of George Mason University in Manassas, Va. McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli met Friday in another non-debate forum, a format that's become common among Virginia's two scandal-scarred candidates for governor. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (associated press photographs)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, said Republicans are "playing with fire" with a bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown and avoid a historic national default while canceling out President Obama's health care overhaul. (Associated Press)