Social Issues

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, and the Senate GOP leadership answer questions following a Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama views a math project during a tour of Mooresville Middle School in Mooresville, N.C., Thursday, June 6, 2013. The president traveled to Mooresville, N.C., to promote his "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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The Amish also are exempted from President Obama's health care law because of religious conscience objections. There are roughly 280,000 Amish people living in the U.S. (Associated Press)

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Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 6, 2013, before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee as lawmakers examine the budget for the Justice Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, said: “If people want immigration reform, we’re going to have to improve the border sector and the border-security elements of the immigration bill.” (Associated Press)

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Rep. Tom Price, Georgia Republican and a physician, says his health care plan won't put the government "in charge of a doggone thing." (Associated Press)

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Eva Guimares and teacher Karen Cunningham enjoy a break at Longview, a special-education school in Germantown. Technology will allow disabled students to more fully participate in their education. (Photo courtesy of Longview School)

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Washington Nationals pitching coach Steve McCatty, left, talks with starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg before a baseball game against the New York Mets at Nationals Park Wednesday, June 5, 2013, in Washington. Strasburg has been placed on the disabled list. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)