Politics

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participates in a forum with students at the Royal Library in Copenhagen on Thursday, May 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

A Lebanese Red Cross volunteer, left, treats a Syrian injured man who was shot in his leg by the Syrian border guard when he was crossing a river from Syria into Lebanon. He is seen on the ground, at the northern Lebanese-Syrian border town of Wadi Khaled, in Akkar, north Lebanon, Wednesday May 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett fires up the crowd on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, during a campaign stop in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (Associated Press)

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In a major upset Tuesday, eight-term Rep. Silvestre Reyes was defeated in his bid for the Democratic nomination in Texas' 16th Congressional District despite an endorsement from President Obama. (Associated Press)

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"We just can't change the rules if we don't like the results," said Rep. Candice S. Miller, Michigan Republican. (Associated Press)

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Rep. John Conyers Jr., Michigan Democrat, led the opposition to the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, which bars abortions based on a baby's sex. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Trent Franks, Arizona Republican, said abortions based on a baby's sex to eliminate girls are an "extreme form of violence against women." He sought to pass a federal law in 2012 to ban such abortions; in 2011, Arizona lawmakers became the first in the nation to enact a ban on race- or sex-based abortions. (Associated Press/File)

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Rep. David Rivera, Florida Republican, has introduced a bill to help good students who were brought to the U.S. as children by illegal immigrants and, through no fault of their own, could be deported. (Associated Press)