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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (second from right) whispers to Rep. Chris Van Hollen (right) as Rep. Steny Hoyer, House minority whip, speaks at a press conference in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, to announce the House Democratic leadership for the 113th Congress. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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FILE - - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, Brian Downing, who allegedly sexually assaulted a passed out LSU football fan, is escorted by detectives for booking at the New Orleans Police Department headquarters in New Orleans. Downing got a dressing-down and two years in prison for rubbing his genitals on an unconscious LSU fan in a Bourbon Street burger restaurant after the BCS national title game in January. A video of the incident went viral. On Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 State District Judge Karen Herman told Downing of Smiths Station, Ala., that he’s a bully who has permanently damaged someone else’s life. Downing declined to say anything before the judge sentenced him as part of a plea deal. He pleaded guilty in October to two counts of obscenity. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (left) and House Speaker John A. Boehner, gestures as he speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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With the presidential seal in the background, President Obama pauses in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, where he spoke about how middle-class Americans would see their taxes go up if Congress fails to act to extend tax cuts. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Protesters shout anti-Israeli slogans during a protest outside the Israeli Embassy in Bucharest, Romania, on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. Palestinians, along with other members of Romania's Muslim community, staged a protest against the latest Israeli military actions in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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An Egyptian flashes the victory sign during a demonstration in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. More than 200,000 people protested against Egypt's Islamist president in a powerful show of strength by the opposition, who demanded that President Mohammed Morsi revoke edicts granting himself near-autocratic powers. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, exits the room at the Capitol where he and other House GOP leaders met Wednesday to discuss the looming “fiscal cliff.” Amid changes of committee chairmanships, Mr. Ryan retains the Budget Committee gavel. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, about how middle class Americans would see their taxes go up if Congress fails to act to extend the middle class tax cuts. The president said he believes that members of both parties can reach a framework on a debt-cutting deal before Christmas. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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**FILE** Anti-abortion advocates stand outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization in Jackson, Miss., the state's only abortion clinic, on June 27, 2012. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, about how Americans would see their taxes go up if Congress fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts. The president said he believes that members of both parties can reach a framework on a debt-cutting deal before Christmas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Musicians from a municipal band play during a protest march to the ministry of Administrative Reform in central Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Several hundred people took part in the peaceful demonstration. Greek municipal workers have occupied hundreds of town halls across the country to protest against government plans to suspend 2,000 civil servants for potential dismissal due to state budget cuts. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)