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**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, accompanied by Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (right), Texas Republican, and Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18, 2013. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers at parliament, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo)
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FILE - In this April 19, 2013 file photo, Gov. Paul LePage speaks at a news conference at the State House in Augusta, Maine. LePage used a sexually vulgar phrase Thursday, June 20, 2013, to describe how Democrat state Sen. Troy Jackson is taking advantage of the people. LePage's comment came as he has said he intends to veto a two-year budget because it includes tax increases. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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A woman is rescued from the flood waters in High River, Alberta on Thursday, June 20, 2013, after the Highwood River overflowed its banks. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jordan Verlage)
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A military police fires tear gas at protestors during an anti-government demonstration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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** FILE ** In this image released by Spanish police on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, two men are on the ground after they were arrested by police officers in Barcelona. Spain’s Interior Ministry says authorities have arrested five Tunisian men living in Barcelona after they were discovered spreading terror propaganda on social media networks. (AP Photo/Spanish Police)
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Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican questions why the Department of Agriculture is spending money on starting wine festivals, marketing a Bloody Mary mix and helping homeowners on tony Martha's Vineyard while Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says the sequester is forcing him to cut off food aid for 600,000 needy women and children.
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Voters in the Lone Star State have picked their very own freshman senator as the most promising White House hopeful. Sen. Ted Cruz grabbed 25 percent of the vote in a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. (Associated Press)
