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Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., center, joined by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, right, leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, after legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed unexpectedly cleared an initial Senate hurdle. The vote was 60-37 to limit debate on the legislation, with a half-dozen Republicans siding with the Democrats on the test vote. Sen. Reed, along with Republican Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada, led the effort to reauthorize the benefits for three months which expired on Dec. 28. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Ky., right, accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the Republican Policy Committee chairman, arrives to tell reporters that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., and his political tactics are almost entirely responsible for making the Senate dysfunctional, following a procedural vote on legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Obama hails a Senate vote advancing a bill to renew benefits for the long-term jobless. While the president rails against income inequality in America, his policies have had little overall effect against poverty. Story, A3. (Associated Press)
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President Obama hails a Senate vote advancing a bill to renew benefits for the long-term jobless. While the president rails against income inequality in America, his policies have had little overall effect against poverty. Story, A3. (Associated Press)
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Then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testifies regarding the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2012 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 15, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
