Politics

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** FILE ** In this April 12, 2013, file photo, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on President Barack Obama's budget proposal for fiscal year 2014, and the HHS. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels preparing to fire locally made rockets, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

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"The Election Assistance Commission is an obsolete agency that has long outlived its purpose. The existence of the EAC is not necessary to conduct federal elections and is an unnecessary expenditure of taxpayer funds."

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Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the American Jewish Committee Global Forum in Washington on June 3, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Danny Werfel (left), the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General, appear before the House Appropriations Oversight Committee on the IRS in Washington on June 3, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden stands with former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy as he speaks at the closing of the National Conference on Mental Health on June 3, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington. The conference is part of the Obama Administration's effort to launch a national conversation to increase understanding and awareness of mental health. Kennedy was a participant of the conference and was unexpectedly brought up on stage by Biden. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted into a courthouse at Fort Meade, Md., before a pretrial military hearing on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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**FILE** A large sign posted at the entrance of Paradise Firearms in Colorado Springs, Colo., invites customers to sign a recall petition against Colorado Democratic State Senate President John Morse on May 24, 2013. In gun-friendly Colorado, gun-rights activists with support of the National Rifle Association are seeking Morse's ouster for his support of new laws that restrict ammunition magazines and expand background checks to private gun sales. (Associated Press)