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This courtroom sketch depicts Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev standing with his lawyer Miriam Conrad, left, before Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler, right, during his arraignment in federal court Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in Boston. The 19-year-old has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins)

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** FILE ** Sen. Marco Rubio, once a darling of the tea party movement, has dismayed many of the people who helped put him in office with his immigration reform bill. (Associated Press)

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"Imagine beginning every month not knowing what money you have and not being able to track how much you've spent. Yet year after year, that's where the federal government operates."

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A U.S. Marshal's van, believed to be carrying Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, arrives at the federal courthouse for his arraignment on July 10, 2013, in Boston. The April 15 attack killed three and wounded more than 260. The 19-year-old Tsarnaev has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and could face the death penalty. (Associated Press)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. right, accompanied by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., gestures as he speaks with reporters on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, about student loan rates following a Republican strategy session. Interest rates doubled to 6.8 percent last week because Congress didn't avert a rate hike built into the law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Pope Francis celebrates a Mass with a chalice made from recycled wood from broken migrant boats, during his visit to the island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, July 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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** FILE ** Karen McCrocklin of Dallas carries a Texas flag with pink running shoes similar to those worn by state Sen. Wendy Davis during the previous week's filibuster during a pro-abortion rights rally at the state Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Monday, July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Statesman.com, Jay Janner)

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**FILE** An activist holds a sign that reads in Spanish "Let's stop obesity" during a protest in favor of vegetarian food in front of the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City on April 14, 2010. (Associated Press)