Social Issues

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Maya Rockeymoore, the wife of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, says she is "strongly considering" running for governor of Maryland during an interview in Oxon Hill, Md., on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Rockeymoore, a Democrat, told The Associated Press Tuesday that the health care debate in Washington has shown that Republicans in the nation's capital are not considering the needs of women, children and minorities. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

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FILE - In this May 15, 2012 file photo, Ritter Elementary School elementary students practice their math skills in Los Angeles. A recent federal court ruling ordering the release of personal data on more than 10 million California students highlights the growing amount of information schools now collect, and the loopholes that allow it to be released. The order involves a lawsuit filed in 2011 in which plaintiffs are requesting data kept by the California Department of Education to determine whether the state is fulfilling its federal obligations for disabled students. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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FILE - In this April 7, 2017, file photo, Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Phil Hughes throws against the Chicago White Sox during a baseball game in Chicago. Hughes will miss the rest of the season because of persistent arm trouble related to a condition that required rib removal surgery a year ago. The Twins put Hughes on the 60-day disabled list Tuesday, July 18, and manager Paul Molitor said another operation is possible. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski, File)

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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y. speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. President Donald Trump blasted congressional Democrats and "a few Republicans" over the collapse of the GOP effort to rewrite the Obama health care law. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Protesters dressed as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale" chant in the Texas Capitol Rotunda under portraits of former Texas governors George W. Bush and Rick Perry in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. State lawmakers begin a special legislative session Republican Gov. Greg Abbott felt compelled to call in order to tackle conservative priorities that stalled previously, chief among them a "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Peace Washington joins protesters gathered on the steps of the Texas Capitol while state lawmakers began a special legislative session called by Gov. Greg Abbott last month. LGBT activists bitterly oppose bathroom bill proposals. (Associated Press/File)

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Peace Washington stands on the Texas seal as protesters enter the Texas Capitol while State lawmakers begin a special legislative session called by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Immigrant rights groups plan to increase protests of the new law that allows police to inquire about peoples' immigration status, while LGBT activists bitterly oppose "bathroom bill" proposals. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Protesters gather in the Texas Capitol Rotunda as State lawmakers begin a special legislative session called by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Immigrant rights groups plan to increase protests of the new law that allows police to inquire about peoples' immigration status, while LGBT activists bitterly oppose "bathroom bill" proposals. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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In this file photo, a young girl holds a sign as protesters gather on the steps of the Texas Capitol while State lawmakers begin a special legislative session called by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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In this May 2016 image provided by the City of Minneapolis, police Officer Mohamed Noor poses for a photo at a community event welcoming him to the Minneapolis police force. Noor, a Somali-American, has been identified by his attorney as the officer who fatally shot Justine Damond, of Australia, late Saturday, July 15, 2017, after she called 911 to report what she believed to be an active sexual assault. Authorities have released no details about what led to the shooting of Damond. (City of Minneapolis via AP)

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A U.S. Capitol Police officer gives the warning speaking through a bullhorn to a group of Black minister gathered to protest on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 18, 2017, demanding Congress to "reject both the immoral budget proposed by the Trump Administration and the equally unjust health care bill that the Senate may have a procedural vote on in the coming weeks." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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"The focus starts on economic issues. That's where the American people are hurting," said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, predicted that Democrats can win back white working-class voters who felt left behind during the Obama years.

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House Republican Minority Leader, State Rep. Themis Klarides, R-Seymour, responds Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., after unionized state workers announced they ratified labor concessions that would save the state about $1.5 billion over two years if approved by the General Assembly. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

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People, covered with wire representing border razor wire fences, lay down on the ground during a protest in support of migrant people seeking to enter Europe, in Madrid, Saturday, July 15, 2017. White boards read in Spanish: "Nobody is illegal". (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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Protesters carry depictions of razor wire along the border separating two Spanish enclaves from relentless waves of migrants seeking to escape from the desperate poverty, terrorist violence, criminal bureaucracy and chaos of their sub-Saharan and North African countries. (Associated Press/File)

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FILE - In this June 23, 2016 file photo, Syrian refugees gather for water at the informal Rukban camp for displaced Syrians, between the Jordan and Syria borders. Desperate to help Syrians stuck on Jordan's sealed border, U.N. agencies reluctantly agreed late last year to hand much of the control over aid distribution to Jordan's military, a Jordanian contractor and a Syrian militia. Since then, the system has broken down repeatedly and only sporadic aid shipments have reached the two remote desert camps on the border. (AP Photo, File)

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New York Mets starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard, who is on the disabled list, reacts watching a replay from the dugout during the Mets' baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Monday, July 17, 2017, in New York. Syndergaard and Matt Harvey played catch together at Citi Field, their first steps toward returning to the mound for the Mets. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Capitol Hill police officers arrest a group protesting the Republican healthcare bill outside the offices of Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2017. The Senate has been forced to put the republican's health care bill on hold for as much as two weeks until Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., can return from surgery. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)