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Illinois Sen. Iris Martinez, D-Chicago, argues legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, watches as the votes are posted for his measure that would tie California's corporate tax rate to executive compensation during the Senate session in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 28, 2014. DeSaulnier's bill, SB1173 fell short of majority support on a 19-16 vote and was placed on call.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Sen. Steve Knight, R-Palmdale urges lawmakers to reject a measure that he called un-American, that would tie California's corporate tax rate to executive compensation during the Senate session in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The bill, SB1173 by Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord and Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, fall short of majority support at 19-16 and has been put on call.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Jack Donahue, R-Mandeville, describes the nearly $25 billion budget proposed for next year to senators on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate approved a nearly $25 billion budget to finance state government operations and services next year. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Sen. Greg Tarver, D-Shreveport, center, talks to Sens. Norby Chabert, R-Houma, left, and Robert Adley, R-Benton, right, during the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate approved a nearly $25 billion budget to finance state government operations and services next year. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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In this April 25, 2014 photograph, U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., addresses a group of employees at Dunlap & Kyle Tire Company, a wholesale and retail tire dealer in Batesville, Miss. First elected to the Senate in 1978 after six years in the House, Cochran is being challenged by second-term state Sen. Chris McDaniel in the June 3 Republican primary. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Businessman Tom Steyer, a former hedge-fund manager turned climate-change hard-liner whose fortune stems in part from investments in the fossil-fuel industry, has pledged to donate $50 million and raise $50 million on behalf of four Democratic Senate and three gubernatorial candidates. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Neil Riser, R-Columbia, standing, and Sen. Bob Kostelka, R-Monroe, seated, listen to debate on a bill changing how workers compensation benefits are calculated for professional athletes, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate labor committee narrowly voted to advance the bill pushed by New Orleans Saints NFL football team owner Tom Benson. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Sen. Barrow Peacock, R-Shreveport, talks about a bill dealing with how workers compensation benefits are calculated for professional athletes, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate labor committee narrowly voted to advance the bill pushed by New Orleans Saints NFL football team owner Tom Benson. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Former NFL players Kevin Mawae, left, and Ernie Conwell, right, and lobbyist Alton Ashy represented the NFL Players Association in its opposition to a workers compensation bill pushed by New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate labor committee narrowly voted in favor of the bill. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Dr. Monica Wehby greets supporters at the headquarters in Oregon City, Oregon after winning the Oregon Republican Primary race for Senate on Tuesday, May. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes)
