Social Issues

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** FILE ** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Delegate Samuel I. “Sandy” Rosenberg (above) has spent seven years fighting to repeal the death penalty and he said he expects the current bill to pass. Delegate Neil C. Parrott (left) said he hasn’t completely ruled out a petition drive to save it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Former Rep. Allen B. West is among the speakers taking the stage early Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. (Associated Press)

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Dozens of immigration rights supporters chant during a Puente Movement event March Against Deportation, Family Separation and Workplace Raids in front of Montgomery County Attorney Bill Montgomery's office on Monday, March 11, 2013, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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President Obama leaves the Capitol in Washington on March 12, 2013, after visiting with Senate Democrats in the first of four meetings with lawmakers this week to discuss the budget. (Associated Press)