Social Issues

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A displaced Syrian child waits for food at an NGO charitable kitchen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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A displaced Syrian woman takes food in an NGO charitable kitchen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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Displaced Syrian men wait for food near an NGO charitable kitchen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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A displaced Syrian girl is seen among tents in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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Demonstrators shout slogans against the government Oct. 23, 2012, in Madrid outside Parliament as lawmakers debate budget spending cuts for 2013. (Associated Press)

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Protestors attend an assembly in Madrid on Oct. 23, 2012, during a demonstration outside Parliament as lawmakers debate budget spending cuts for 2013. (Associated Press)

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Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration outside Parliament as lawmakers debate budget spending cuts for 2013 in Madrid on Oct. 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said there is bipartisan support to let the temporary reduction in payroll taxes expire. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Anti-abortion and abortion rights supporters stand face to face Jan. 23, 2012, in front of the Supreme Court in Washington during the annual March For Life rally. (Associated Press)

Jennie McCarthy (left) and Melisa Erwin sit in an ice cream parlor in Albany, N.Y., on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. The couple has filed a discrimination complaint with the New York Division of Human Rights after, they say, they were turned away from a potential wedding site because they are gay. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)

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BBC Director-General George Entwistle gives evidence on the Jimmy Savile sexual-abuse case to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the House of Commons in London on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Press Association)

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Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California is traveling across the country in hopes of winning House seats for her party. (Associated Press)

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Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is on the campaign trail tending to important races in his home state.

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Moderator Bob Schieffer, center, watches as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, left and President Barack Obama wave to members of the audience during the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney answers a question during the third presidential debate with President Barack Obama at Lynn University. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)