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President Barack Obama signs the $1.1 trillion spending bill that funds the federal government through the end of September, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 at Jackson Place, a conference center near the White House. Obama signed the measure the day before federal funding was set to run out and was joined by aides who did much of the work negotiating it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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In this photo provided by Pavel Lebedev, security personnel detain Lebedev, a gay protester, during the Olympic torch relay in the city of Voronezh, 534 km (334 miles) south of Moscow, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. A gay Russian protester has been detained for unfurling a rainbow flag during the Olympic torch relay as it passed through his hometown of Voronezh. Lebedev said he was protesting the hosting of the Olympics in Russia, where a bill banning homosexual propaganda was signed into law by President Vladimir Putin in June. (AP Photo/Andrei Nasonov)
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FILE -- In this Jan. 9, 2014 file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown circles a black line indicating the state's projected budget surplus during a news conference where he unveiled his proposed 2014-15 state budget, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The red lines on the chart show California's budget deficits over the past few years. A slow but steady economic recovery is generating more tax revenue than many states had anticipated. California, once the epitome of busted budgets, is now forecasting a $3.2 billion budget surplus.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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In this photo from Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the architect of the state's proof-of-citizenship law for new voters, is photographed during an Associated Press interview in Topeka, Kan. Kobach initiated a lawsuit by Kansas and Arizona against a federal agency to force the modification of a national voter registration form to help the states enforce their proof-of-citizenship laws. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Nicolasa Velasquez, whose extensions to stay in the U.S. have run out, raises the right hand of disabled brother Antonio during a citizenship ceremony Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Felix Velazquez, a supervising immigration officer with the Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Service conducted the ceremony. Antonio, who is severely disabled, is cared for by his sister, who is a non-citizen and is his court appointed guardian and caregiver. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM
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Antonio Velasquez, right, sits with his sister Nicolasa, after he was granted U.S. citizenship in his home on Jan. 8, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Antonio, who is severely disabled, is cared for by his sister, who is a non-citizen and is his court appointed guardian and caregiver. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM
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FILE - This March 2013 publicity photo released by ABC shows Juan Pablo Galavis, a contestant on the past season of "The Bachelorette." Galavis made anti-gay comments that drew a swift rebuke from the network and an apology from the bachelor himself. Galavis told the online site The TV Page that he didn't think a gay bachelor would set a good example for kids. Galavis also said in the Friday interview that gays were more "pervert," although he said he could be mistaken. On Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, Galavis posted an apology on his Facebook page, saying he respects gay people, has gay friends, and misused the word "pervert" because of English is his second language, after Spanish. (AP Photo/ABC, Craig Sjodin)
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This photo provided by courtesy of MGM Home Entertainment shows Rita Moreno, center, as Anita, in the 1961 musical, "West Side Story." Moreno won an Academy Award as best supporting actress for her performance. Moreno is the 50th SAG Life Achievement recipient, to be honored at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Courtesy MGM Home Entertainment)
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FILE - This Nov. 17, 2013 file photo shows construction continuing on the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. A budget deal approved by Congress restores funding for some national arts and cultural programs, but others will still see reductions. In a funding bill approved this week, lawmakers decided against providing construction money for the planned Dwight D. Eisenhower memorial in Washington. The deal provides $1 million for salaries and expenses of the federal memorial commission, dismissing its $51 million budget request. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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In this Sept. 20, 2004 photo provided by Jane Waldman and Mark Braverman, Waldman holds her future adopted daughter, Elaina, 3, in their first meeting at Specialized City Baby Home orphanage in Arkhangelsk, Russia. Waldman is frustrated that stories of troubled adoptions in the U.S. have gained prominence in Russia, while less attention is paid to the fact that most adoptions of Russian children go well. (AP Photo/Photo Courtesty of Jane Waldman and Mark Braverman)
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This December 2012 photo provided by the family shows, from left, John, Jack and Renee Thomas at their home in Minnetrista, Minn. Jack was adopted from Russia in 2008. At the time the Russian ban on adoptions by Americans was imposed in 2013, the family was trying to adopt Jack's biological brother, Nikolai. (AP Photo/Ron Ruud)
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In a Jan. 26, 2012 file photo, Dr. Robert Dellavalle, chief of dermatology at the Denver VA and an associate professor at the University of Colorado's medical school, stands at the VA Medical Center. A Colorado House bill up for its first hearing in February 2014 would ban people younger than 18 from using tanning beds in Colorado without a doctor's prescription. The measure goes further than previous attempts, which sought to require parental permission. Supporters like Dellavalle this year hope a new proposal can break the alliance of skin cancer survivors and the indoor tanning industry. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)
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Texas A&M's Courtney Williams (1) takes a shot during the first half of an NCAA women’s basketball game against South Carolina, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)
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President Barack Obama waves to people in the balcony before signing the $1.1 trillion spending bill that funds the federal government through the end of September, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 at Jackson Place, a conference center near the White House. Obama signed the measure the day before federal funding was set to run out and was joined by aides who did much of the work negotiating it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, poses with Olympic volunteers during a meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Putin says gays should feel welcome at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but they must "leave the children in peace." Putin told volunteers Friday that gays visiting Sochi "can feel calm and at ease," and vowed that there would be no discrimination at the games. But he emphasized that, according to a law banning homosexual "propaganda" among minors, gays cannot express their views on gay rights issues to anyone underage.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, background centre, speaks at his meeting with Olympic volunteers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Putin says gays should feel welcome at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but they must "leave the children in peace." Putin told volunteers Friday that gays visiting Sochi "can feel calm and at ease," and vowed that there would be no discrimination at the games. But he emphasized that, according to a law banning homosexual "propaganda" among minors, gays cannot express their views on gay rights issues to anyone underage. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks at his meeting with Olympic volunteers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Putin says gays should feel welcome at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but they must "leave the children in peace." Putin told volunteers Friday that gays visiting Sochi "can feel calm and at ease," and vowed that there would be no discrimination at the games. But he emphasized that, according to a law banning homosexual "propaganda" among minors, gays cannot express their views on gay rights issues to anyone underage. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2013 file photo, actor Daniel Radcliffe arrives at the premiere of the feature film "Kill Your Darlings" at the Writers Guild of America Theatre in Beverly Hills, Calif. Daniel Radcliffe is returning to Broadway as a disabled Irish dreamer. Producers said Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 that the Harry Potter star will star in Martin McDonagh’s “The Cripple of Inishmaan,” directed by Tony Award-winner Michael Grandage. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP, File)
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Federal public defender Allen Bohnert talks about the execution of his client, death row inmate Dennis McGuire, by a never-tried lethal drug process, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. After McGuire repeatedly gasped over several minutes before dying, Bohnert called the procedure "a failed agonizing experiment by the state of Ohio.” (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
