Social Issues

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** FILE ** Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Friday, April 12, 2013, before a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on President Obama's budget proposal for the HHS for fiscal 2014. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, answers questions from reporters following a GOP strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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"Why the blackout?" asked Rep. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican. "Will America ever be told of the brutality of abortion?" (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Pastor Joseph Bryant of San Francisco, Calif., center left, comforts Blackwell Memorial AME Zion Church Pastor Samuel Saylor of Hartford, Conn., center right, as he breaks down after speaking to members of the media about his son, Shane Isaiah "KC" Oliver who was shot to death in the back in 2012 as religious leaders around the country begin a 24-hour vigil on the National Mall to honor the victims of gun violence since the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 11, 2013. Thousands of grave markers are placed in the ground to represent victims of gun violence. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Thousands of grave markers are placed in the ground to represent victims of gun violence as religious leaders around the country begin a 24-hour vigil on the National Mall to honor the victims of gun violence since the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Pastor Joseph Bryant of San Francisco, Calif., stands with other religious leaders around the country for a press conference as they begin a 24-hour vigil on the National Mall to honor the victims of gun violence since the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 11, 2013.(Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Blackwell Memorial AME Zion Church Pastor Samuel Saylor of Hartford, Conn. speaks to members of the media about his son, Shane Isaiah "KC" Oliver who was shot to death in the back in 2012 as religious leaders around the country begin a 24-hour vigil on the National Mall to honor the victims of gun violence since the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 11, 2013.(Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Religious leaders try to comfort Blackwell Memorial AME Zion Church Pastor Samuel Saylor of Hartford, Conn. as he breaks down after speaking to members of the media about his son, Shane Isaiah "KC" Oliver who was shot to death in the back in 2012 as religious leaders around the country begin a 24-hour vigil on the National Mall to honor the victims of gun violence since the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 11, 2013.(Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Religious leaders try to comfort Blackwell Memorial AME Zion Church Pastor Samuel Saylor of Hartford, Conn., center right, as he breaks down after speaking to members of the media about his son, Shane Isaiah "KC" Oliver who was shot to death in the back in 2012 as religious leaders around the country begin a 24-hour vigil on the National Mall to honor the victims of gun violence since the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 11, 2013.(Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Religious leaders around the country begin a 24-hour vigil on the National Mall to honor the victims of gun violence since the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 11, 2013.(Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)