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FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2013, file photo, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the Senate assistant majority leader, walks at the Capitol in Washington. An unusual alliance of tea party enthusiasts and liberal leaders in Congress is pursuing major changes in mandatory sentencing laws amid growing concerns about the fairness of the sentences and the exploding costs of running federal prisons. "People are coming here for different reasons, but there is a real opportunity," said Durbin, one of the Senate’s leading proponents of sentencing reform. "It’s a pretty rare political situation." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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** FILE ** This Dec. 19, 2013, file photo shows the shadow of the Capitol Dome cast onto the Senate side of Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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**FILE** Sen. Tim Kaine, Virginia Democrat, speaks to a reporter outside the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 20, 2013. (Associated Press)
