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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2014 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn delivers the State of the State address at Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Gov. Quinn is expected to stress his election-year theme of protecting the middle class as he presents a budget address in Springfield, Wednesday, March 26, 2014 that political experts and lawmakers say could be his toughest yet. The Chicago Democrat, facing re-election in what’s likely to be one of the fiercest campaigns nationwide, is expected to explain what Illinois will do to make up a roughly $1.6 billion revenue dip when the temporary income tax increase rolls back next year.(AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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FILE - This March 1, 2014, file photo shows part of the website for HealthCare.gov as photographed in Washington. The new health care law helps some people, hurts others and confuses almost everyone. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
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Peppah, a pet Chihuahua, plays outside in a dog run at a shelter for victims of domestic violence, Tuesday March 18, 2014 in New York. The shelter is the city’s first pet-friendly domestic violence shelter, one in a fast-growing number of similar sanctuaries around the country that reflect growing awareness that animals can be both victims of family violence and key factors in their owners’ willingness to flee. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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A pet friendly abuse shelter holds a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new dog run, Tuesday March 18, 2014 in New York. The ribbon cutting marked the city's first program for domestic abuse victims, some who are reluctant to leave tormenters out of fear of leaving behind pets to also suffer at their hands. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Jane Hoffman, center, president for the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, and Allison Cardona, right, ASPCA's director of cruelty intervention advocacy, listens as a resident tearfully testifies during a meeting of animal advocates at a shelter for victims of domestic violence Tuesday March 18, 2014 in New York. The woman said she was happy to have her dog living with her at the shelter, the city’s first pet-friendly domestic violence shelter, reflecting the awareness that animals can be both victims of family violence and key factors in their owners’ willingness to flee. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Pamela Isaac and one of her three cats, Lucy, inside their apartment at a shelter for victims of domestic violence, Tuesday March 18, 2014 in New York. The shelter is the city’s first pet-friendly domestic violence shelter, one in a fast-growing number of similar sanctuaries around the country that reflect growing awareness that animals can be both victims of family violence and key factors in their owners’ willingness to flee. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Peppah, a pet chiquawa, wears a doggie coat while being carried by her owner to their apartment, inside a shelter for victims of domestic violence, Tuesday March 18, 2014 in New York. The shelter is the city’s first pet-friendly domestic violence shelter, one in a fast-growing number of similar sanctuaries around the country that reflect growing awareness that animals can be both victims of family violence and key factors in their owners’ willingness to flee. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
