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A Lesbian and Gay Rights activist holds up a tablet with a picture of a placard, during a demonstration aimed to coincide with the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, against laws aimed at stifling Gay Rights in Russia, opposite Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. In London, about 150 people rallying outside Prime Minister David Cameron's office in London urged McDonald's and the IOC's other sponsors to speak out. The activists there said they plan to deliver a petition signed by more than 100,000 people to a nearby McDonald's restaurant. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Senate Minority Leader Hollis French, D-Anchorage, addresses reporters during the minority's regular legislative news conference on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf, right, talks with House Budget Committee member Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, prior to Elmendorf testifying before the committee's hearing on the CBO budget and economic outlook. New estimates that President Barack Obama’s health care law will encourage millions of Americans to leave the workforce or reduce their work hours have touched off an I-told-you-so chorus from Republicans, who’ve claimed all along that the law will kill jobs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 5, 2014, before the House Budget Committee hearing on the CBO budget and economic outlook. (Associated Press)
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Retiring Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., a liberal force on health issues who helped write and enact the 2010 Affordable Care Act, defends President Barack Obama’s health care law during a TV news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. New estimates that President Barack Obama’s health care law will encourage millions of Americans to leave the workforce or reduce their work hours have touched off an I-told-you-so chorus from Republicans, who’ve claimed all along that the law will kill jobs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)