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**FILE** Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis (left), famous for her 12-hour filibuster attempt against an anti-abortion rights bill, greets attendees at a fundraiser on July 25, 2013, in Washington. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with a group of doctors from around the country in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2009, prior to a health insurance reform event at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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Security officials conduct investigation at the scene of suicide bomb attacks in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Saturday, 3, 2013. Three suicide attackers killed at least nine civilians, most of them children, in a botched attack Saturday on the Indian consulate in an eastern Afghan city near the border with Pakistan, security officials said. (Associated Press)
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Asylum in the land of freedom and human rights? (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)
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**FILE** Capitol Police officers try to clear a street on Capitol Hill in Washington on Aug. 1, 2013, that was blocked by immigration reform supporters during a rally protesting immigration policies and the House GOP’s inability to pass a bill that contains a pathway to citizenship. (Associated Press)
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Gary McDowell, left, and Zachary Marcus, center, both of Providence, R.I., are presented with their signed marriage license by Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, right, at City Hall, in Providence, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, moments after Taveras presided over the couples marriage ceremony. Gay marriage became legal in Rhode Island and Minnesota at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Democratic Reps. Luis V. Gutierrez (foreground) of Illinois and Raul M. Grijalva of Arizona join immigration reform supporters Thursday at a protest on Capitol Hill, marking an escalation in efforts to push for a bill this year that contains a pathway to citizenship. (Associated Press)
