Social Issues

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** FILE ** Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., becomes emotional as he meets in his office with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., on the day he announced that they have reached reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** People demonstrate for equal rights with placards and flags in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. A gay rights watchdog group says that the number of reported homophobic acts has risen in France in recent weeks, amid nationwide protests over a bill under parliamentary debate that would legalize gay marriage. Placards reads, "Our love is stronger, and 'We forget nothing.' " (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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Sens. John McCain, Arizona Republican, and Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, leave the White House after a meeting with President Obama on immigration. (Associated Press)

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Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 16, 2013, before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Obama's fiscal 2014 federal budget. (Associated Press)

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Matt and Melanie Capobianco's adoptive daughter, Veronica, goes trick-or-treating in Charleston, S.C., in October 2011. The girl is at the center of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a federal law on the adoption of American Indian children. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Melanie Capobianco)

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"To comply with the Affordable Care Act, Regal had to increase our health care budget to cover those newly deemed eligible based on the law's definition of a full time employee," a Regal Entertainment Group memo to employees reads. The movie chain must cut hours in order to better shoulder the costs of President Obama's signature health care legislation.

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**FILE** Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigrant women and immigration reform on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 18, 2013. (Associated Press)