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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks with reporters following a weekly Republican policy luncheon, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Flanked by Republican New Jersey state Sen. Thomas H. Kean (left) and Democratic state Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney (right), New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question after signing public employee benefits legislation into law on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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A protester faces a riot police officer during a demonstration in Athens on June 28, 2011. Youths hurled rocks and fire bombs at riot police as a general strike against new austerity measures brought the country to a standstill. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Rick Rivera (center), a retired schoolteacher from Upper Freehold, N.J., sports on his back a picture of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with Mickey Mouse ears as Mr. Rivera and public employee union members protest near the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., on Monday, June 20, 2011. The state Senate and Assembly were debating a bill requiring sharply higher pension and health care contributions from public employees. The governor signed the legislation on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is taking only small steps to promote clean energy and protect the Chesapeake Bay, environmental activists say. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs Charimaya Tamang of Nepal, a trafficking victim, as she receives the 2011 Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award on Monday at the State Department. The U.S. says 23 nations could face sanctions for failing to do more to fight human trafficking. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs Charimaya Tamang of Nepal, a trafficking victim, as she receives the 2011 Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award on Monday at the State Department. The U.S. says 23 nations could face sanctions for failing to do more to fight human trafficking.
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Monday contended the Dream Act would reduce the federal deficit by $1.4 billion over the next decade by allowing more illegal immigrants to stay in the country and pay taxes. (Associated Press0
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American student Amanda Knox greets her parents during an appeal hearing in Perugia, Italy, on Monday, June 27, 2011. Knox and her Italian boyfriend were convicted in 2009 of sexual assault and murder in the 2007 death of her British roommate. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
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"We have not refused any new revenue. For example, we've been discussing some fee increases and some other things that would actually generate revenue." - Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican
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CRITIC: Former Vice President Al Gore says President Obama has "failed to use the bully pulpit to make the case for bold action on climate change." (Associated Press)
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Spectators react as the Gay Pride Parade passes them by on Sunday, June 26, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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** FILE ** Paola Perez, left, and her partner Linda Collazo, march in the Gay Pride parade in New York Sunday, June 26, 2011. One of the world's oldest and largest gay pride parades was expected to become a victory celebration after New York's historic decision to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Associated Press Among those marching in the 42nd annual New York gay pride parade on Sunday were (from left) New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, state Sen. Tom Duane, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mr. Cuomo's girlfriend, Sandra Lee. The parade became a victory celebration for gays after the state Legislature's historic decision to legalize same-sex marriage on Friday. Opponents of gay marriage vowed, however, to continue the fight on a different front.
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Turkish Red Crescent workers pitch tents in a new camp that can receive up to 15,000 Syrian refugees in Apaydin, Turkey, on Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reacts after gay marriage was legalized after a vote in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Supporters of same sex marriage celebrate after Senate members voted and approved same-sex marriage at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Friday, June 24, 2011. New York lawmakers narrowly voted to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born. New York will become the sixth state where gay couples can wed and the biggest by far.(AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS When gay supporters at a New York fundraiser pressed President Obama on whether he supports same-sex marriage, he said "gay couples deserve the same legal rights as every other couple" but avoided giving a definitive answer.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Syrian refugees forced north by a crackdown on protesters pass a Turkish military vehicle as they cross the border near Guvecci, Turkey, on Thursday.
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Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who covered presidential politics and the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings in a high-profile reporting job at The Washington Post, is going on network television to announce he is an illegal immigrant. (Associated Press/Define American)
