Social Issues

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The Rev Jim Wallis led a protest against the Republican tax plan at the Hart Senate Office Building, reading Bible verses before he was escorted away by Capitol Police. (Associated Press/File)

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**FILE** Teenagers plant pledge cards promising sexual abstinence until marriage. (The Washington Times)

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**FILE** President Barack Obama with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (Associated Press)

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Bill Kristol ** FILE **

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After the end of the General Assembly session in Annapolis, Gov. Martin O'Malley (center) signs a bill into law Tuesday with Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch (right) and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. in attendance. One new law gives Maryland first chance to buy the Preakness horse race to keep it in the state. (Associated Press)

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Wholesale cigarette distributor Phil Sealey (right) of Cumberland, R.I., participates in a rally to protest increased cigarette taxes outside the State House in Providence, R.I., March 31. (Associated Press)

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Saudi women look at jewelry at a gold fair last month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Female activists in the religiously conservative kingdom are hoping for more rights in a country where women are segregated from men in nearly all aspects of public life. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the U.S. is creating contingency plans to respond to a border threat should Mexico fail in its war against drug cartels. (Associated Press)

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A Mexican marine patrols near the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, on March 18, 2009. The administration of President Obama is preparing to send federal agents to the U.S.-Mexico border as reinforcements in the fight against Mexican drug cartels. The Obama administration is preparing to send federal agents to the US-Mexico border as reinforcements in the fight against Mexican drug cartels. (Associated Press)

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D.L. Hughley (Courtesy of cnn.com)

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James Stewart in "Mr. Smith goes to Washington," as the model citizen.

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**FILE** This is a copy of a birth certificate, purchased from the County of Los Angeles' Department of Health Services. (Associated Press/County of Los Angeles' Department of Health Services)

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** FILE ** Thousands of people turned out Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, for a federal government job fair at the Atlanta Federal Center (the old Rich's building) in downtown Atlanta. The fair, sponsored by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Atlanta District), was for jobs with federal agencies such as Justice, Labor, Commerce, Social Security, FBI, and Food and Drug, just to name a few. (AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Rich Addicks)

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In this file photo from 2007, the oil tanker MS Simon enters Boston Harbor on Dec. 10, 2007, carrying low-cost heating oil from Venezuela, to be distributed to low-income households in the United States at a 40 percent discount. (Getty Images photographs)

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Queen Rania of Jordan speaks to reporters during a meeting of U.N. regional chiefs in Amman Monday. Rania called for emergency financial aid to U.N. agencies assisting the Palestinian refugees in Gaza. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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**FILE** Hu Jintao is president of China, which has a one-child policy to control population growth. (Associated Press)

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An illuminated Citgo sign sits in the Kenmore Square section of Boston, where the headquarters of Citizens Energy Corp. is located. Last year, Citgo donated 100 million gallons of oil to the U.S. charity organization, which distributes it to low-income households.

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Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful during his "Urbi et Orbi" ("To the City and to the World") Christmas message in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. The pope warned that the world was headed toward ruin if selfishness prevails over solidarity during tough economic times for both rich and poor nations. Speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on the day Christians commemorate Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, Benedict declared that the "heart of the Christian message is meant for all men and women." (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)