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Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-Indiana speaks with members of the media at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, July 10, 2017. For the second straight year, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf will let a state budget bill become law despite the fact that it is badly out of balance as he presses Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Legislature to approve a tax package big enough to avoid a credit downgrade. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Pennsylvania Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, leaves a committee meeting at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, July 10, 2017. For the second straight year, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf will let a state budget bill become law despite the fact that it is badly out of balance as he presses Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Legislature to approve a tax package big enough to avoid a credit downgrade. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Pennsylvania House Minority Leader Frank Dermody, D-Allegheny, leaves a committee meeting at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, July 10, 2017. For the second straight year, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf will let a state budget bill become law despite the fact that it is badly out of balance as he presses Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Legislature to approve a tax package big enough to avoid a credit downgrade. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Richard Baum, the acting director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, right, Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, center, and Vermont Human Services Secretary Al Gobeille answer questions at a news conference on Monday, July 10, 2017 in Burlington, Vt. Baum, the White House "drug czar" praised Vermont for its opioid addiction treatment system, which he said is a valuable national model. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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ADDS NAME OF MAN AS RUSS TIDWELL - Russ Tidwell, a former lobbyist who is helping minority rights groups sue Texas over Republican-drawn voting maps enters the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting today could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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ADDS NAME OF MAN AS RUSS TIDWELL - Russ Tidwell, a former lobbyist who is helping minority rights groups sue Texas over Republican-drawn voting maps holds a set of maps as he makes his way to the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, talks with the media before entering the federal court house for a redistricting trial, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting today could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A man enters the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Boxes are pushed into the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Boxes are pushed into the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A man pulls boxes into the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A group moves boxes into the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A man with a set of maps enters the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting today could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A man enters the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A man with a set of maps makes his way to the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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FILE - In this March 13, 2017 file photo, Iraqi civilians flee their homes during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq. 3,351,132 _ The number of Iraqis across the country who remained displaced by violence in the fight against IS as of June 30, according to the U.N. migration agency. As Iraqi forces have retaken territory from the militants, more than 1,952,868 people have been able to return home. Of those still displaced, the vast majority are from Nineveh province, where Mosul is located. Some 700,000 are sheltering in camps, while the rest are living with extended family or in rented housing. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2016 file photo, internally displaced people flee fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants on a road in eastern Mosul, Iraq. 3,351,132 _ The number of Iraqis across the country who remained displaced by violence in the fight against IS as of June 30, according to the U.N. migration agency. As Iraqi forces have retaken territory from the militants, more than 1,952,868 people have been able to return home. Of those still displaced, the vast majority are from Nineveh province, where Mosul is located. Some 700,000 are sheltering in camps, while the rest are living with extended family or in rented housing.(AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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FILE - In this March 9, 2017 file photo, Iraqi civilians walk toward Iraqi security forces after fleeing their homes due to fighting between government forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq. 3,351,132 _ The number of Iraqis across the country who remained displaced by violence in the fight against IS as of June 30, according to the U.N. migration agency. As Iraqi forces have retaken territory from the militants, more than 1,952,868 people have been able to return home. Of those still displaced, the vast majority are from Nineveh province, where Mosul is located. Some 700,000 are sheltering in camps, while the rest are living with extended family or in rented housing. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)
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Former Chicago police detective David March departs the Cook County Courthouse after his arraignment on state felony charges of conspiracy in the investigation of the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald Monday, July 10, 2017, in Chicago. The indictment marks the latest chapter in the history of a police force dogged by allegations of racism and brutality against the city's black residents. March pled not guilty on all charges. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
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Former Chicago police detective David March departs the Cook County Courthouse after his arraignment on state felony charges of conspiracy in the investigation of the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald Monday, July 10, 2017, in Chicago. The indictment marks the latest chapter in the history of a police force dogged by allegations of racism and brutality against the city's black residents. March pled not guilty on all charges. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
