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"Despite the promises made by President Obama Obamacare is causing health insurance premiums to rise," says Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican. A bill he has introduced "would bring much-needed transparency to the onslaught of higher costs families will be facing."
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Kristina Tendilla (center) of Chicago gets emotional as she tells her family's story amid pro-immigration supporters from National People's Action group as they gather outside the doors to the Senate Judiciary Committee before a hearing on immigration on Capitol Hill on April 22, 2013. Immigration supporters are using the monarch butterfly to symbolize free migration. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Pro-immigration supporters from around the nation wait in line to enter before at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Immigration at the Hart Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 22, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, April 18, 2013. In front from left to right are Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican; Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat; Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican; and Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. The legislation would dramatically remake the U.S. immigration system by ushering in new visa programs for low- and high-skilled workers, requiring a tough new focus on border security, instituting a new requirement for all employers to check the legal status of their workers, and installing a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the country illegally. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Bruce Conner, Walkie-Talkie, 1959. 2013 Estate of Bruce Conner/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. From the Hirshhorns collection.
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Secretary of State John Kerry speaks April 19, 2013, at the State Department in Washington, where he released the 2012 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, commonly known as the Human Rights Reports, cover the status of human rights in countries around the world. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 18, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine national security and foreign policy priorities in the fiscal 2014 international affairs budget. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki said that as a veteran himself, no one wants to see disability claim backlogs cleared more than he does. He told a House subcommittee on Thursday, April 18, 2013, that the agency is making progress. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 18, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine national security and foreign policy priorities in the fiscal 2014 international affairs budget. (Associated Press)
