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Maryland State Senator E.J. Pipkin (R-District 36) makes a case against Maryland Senate Bill 1302, during the second day of the General Assembly special session at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, May 15, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Maryland State Senator Delores Goodwin Kelley (D-District 10) makes an emotional plea to pass Maryland Senate Bill 1302, during the second day of the General Assembly special session at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, May 15, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, takes questions May 10, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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President Obama appears May 14, 2012, on the ABC's television show "The View" in New York. From left are Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, the president and Joy Behar. (Associated Press)

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Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards walks May 14, 2012, with his daughter, Cate Edwards, into a federal courthouse in Greensboro, N.C., as the defense continues in his campaign corruption trial. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this May 8, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

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Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer (left), state Attorney General Jon Bruning (center) and state Treasurer Don Stenberg vie for the Republican nomination in one of the nation's most hotly contested U.S. Senate races during a debate in Omaha, Neb., on Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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**FILE** Soldiers from the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF), one holding a piece of wood representing a weapon, engage April 30, 2012, in urban operations training in a mock urban setting nicknamed "Little Mogadishu" at the Singo training facility in Kakola, Uganda. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who is president of the Senate, and three top officers of the chamber have been named in a lawsuit trying to overturn the Senate's filibuster rule. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Delegate Robert G. Marshall, Prince William Republican, left, talks with Delegate Matt Fariss, Campbell Republican, right, during the floor session of the House of Delegates at the State Capitol in Richmond (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)