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** FILE ** President Obama stands with families who benefited from the health care law provision that provides consumers with a refund if their insurance company doesn’t spend the majority of premium dollars on medical care, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Sen. Marco Rubio is now taking stands on issues that could win back some friends among conservatives who criticized his immigration reform effort. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden (center) attends a meeting with Russian activists and officials at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow on Friday, July 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Tatyana Lokshina, Human Rights Watch)
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The "March for Jobs" rally sponsored by the Black American Leadership Alliance on Monday was the first broad, organized rally in the nation's capital on the issue since House Republicans held a strategy session last week on immigration reform. (Associated Press)
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Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin said "no amount of legal wrangling" is going to undo the joy of gay couples who are now free to marry. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada (left) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky are sparring on the eve of a session to change Senate rules to remove a 60-vote threshold for President Obama's nominations to win confirmation. Mr. Reid says the changes are minimal; Mr. McConnell says Mr. Reid would be "breaking the rules in order to change the rules." (Associated Press)
