Social Issues

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Associated Press "I would think all of us would want to do that — to preserve child tax credits for those who are truly eligible. For those who are not eligible, obviously, they shouldn't have access to it. It seems like a sensible amendment to me," said Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Republican, a co-sponsor of the proposal written by Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican.

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This photo provided by the Keen family shows Taylor Keen, left, standing with his father, John Keen, at a graduation ceremony from the Army in 2009. John Keen spent more than $10,000 in legal fees trying to enroll his teenage son in an Omaha high school wrestling program after officials refused to accept papers showing that he had custody of his son. Custody was awarded by the Cherokee Nation’s tribal court; Nebraska lawmakers will debate a bill this year to recognize the authority of American Indian courts. (AP Photo/Keen Family)

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Texas' Isaiah Taylor (1) is blocked from behind by Texas Tech's Robert Turner (14) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Texas Tech's Kader Tapsoba, right, assists on the play. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Texas' Jonathan Holmes (10) scores over Texas Tech's Toddrick Gotcher, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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FILE - In this file publicity photo provided by TLC, Kody Brown, center, poses with his wives, from left, Robyn, Christine, Meri and Janelle, in a promotional photo for the reality series, "Sister Wives," which aired in March 2011. When the polygamous family learned in December 2013 that a federal judge in Utah struck down key parts of the state's polygamy laws, Brown and his four wives said they cried and felt deeply emotional. The family said they are grateful for the ruling, but said winning the lawsuit they brought against Utah in July 2011 doesn’t ease the pain caused by the significant personal sacrifices they made when they fled the state for Las Vegas under the threat of prosecution. (AP Photo/TLC, George Lange, File)

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FILE- Syrian families wait to register at the UNHCR center in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, in this file photo dated Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The number of U.N.-registered refugees topped 1 million in March 2013 and half of them are known to be children, as Syrians flee from their war-ravaged country, and the United Nations’ refugee agency warn that Syria is heading towards a "full-scale disaster." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, FILE)

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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 file photo, people displaced by the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor, queue for medical care at a clinic run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) set up in a school building in the town of Awerial, South Sudan. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a very violent start to 2014 with raging conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic - the death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome, with one estimate saying nearly 10,000 have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

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FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013 file photo, displaced people do their daily chores such as bathing, washing clothes, cooking and fetching water at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a very violent start to 2014 with raging conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic - the death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome, with one estimate saying nearly 10,000 have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

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** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, photo, Yolanda Madrid of Miami, left, talks with navigator Daniela Campos, right, while signing up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, in Miami. Mirroring problems with the federal health care website, people around the nation attempting to navigate the Spanish version have discovered their own set of difficulties. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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FILE - This Aug. 31, 2011 file photo shows Assemblyman Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Immigrants who are in California illegally should have access to health insurance through a state version of the Affordable Care Act, Lara, the head of the Legislature's Latino caucus said Friday Jan. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)