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Illinois State Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, walks through the empty floor of the Illinois House as they prepare to vote on an income tax increase bill during the overtime session at the state Capitol, Sunday, July 2, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois House has approved on Sunday an income tax increase as part of a plan to end the nation's longest budget standoff. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Jody Owens, director of the Mississippi office of the Southern Poverty Law Center, holds up a copy of a lawsuit filed on behalf of four African-American mothers with children in public elementary schools during a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Mississippi is denying good schools to African American students and violating the federal law that enabled the state to rejoin the union after the Civil War, the Southern Poverty Law Center alleged Tuesday in a lawsuit trying to strengthen constitutional protections for education. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Oregon House Democrats pushed through the Reproductive Health Equity Act after a nearly two-hour debate over the bill, which would allocate $10.2 million for services related to contraception, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy, including vasectomies and abortions, in the 2017-19 budget period. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, file)
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FILE - In this June 26, 2017, file photo, Kadhim Al-bumohammed, kneeling right, a 64-year-old Iraqi refugee in the U.S., listens to speakers at an Albuquerque rally in his honor. As cities and towns host July 4th parades and fireworks shows, some minority residents are expressing mixed feelings about the holiday used to reaffirm the country's founding based on equality and civil liberties. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)
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In this Sunday, June 11, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones, right, is hugged by Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., during his retirement party in the union hall in Indianapolis. Jones became a steel worker straight out of high school in 1969 during a high tide of the U.S. labor movement that helped propel a generation of blue-collar workers into the middle class. He said his retirement at the beginning of June was “bittersweet” after decades of declining fortunes for working people. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this June 11, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones takes a selfie with union member Mike Hensley of Gosport, Ind., during his retirement party in the union hall in Indianapolis. Jones became a steel worker straight out of high school in 1969 during a high tide of the U.S. labor movement that helped propel a generation of blue-collar workers into the middle class. He said his retirement at the beginning of June was “bittersweet” after decades of declining fortunes for working people. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this May 19, 2017, file photo, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm talks in his office about the benefits of placing prosecutors with police officers in neighborhoods to address crime and seek alternatives to prison. (AP Photo/Ivan Moreno) ** FILE **
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People demonstrate against the GOP health care bill, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Philadelphia. Senate Republican leaders considered keeping one of former President Barack Obama's big tax increases on wealthier Americans and using the money to fatten proposed subsidies for the poor in a bid Thursday to placate moderate GOP lawmakers and salvage their struggling health care bill. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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In this Friday, June 30, 2017 photo Richard Perkins, right, and Robert Maurais stand outside their home in Ogunquit, Maine. Politicians have been chipping away at funding for heating aid to low-income Americans for a decade. Now President Donald Trump has proposed ending it altogether, eliciting an outcry from low-income residents who depend on the program to stay warm. Perkins called the proposed elimination of heating aid “cruel.” (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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In this Friday, June 30, 2017 photo Richard Perkins, right, and Robert Maurais stand outside their home in Ogunquit, Maine. Politicians have been chipping away at funding for heating aid to low-income Americans for a decade. Now President Donald Trump has proposed ending it altogether, eliciting an outcry from low-income residents who depend on the program to stay warm. Perkins called the proposed elimination of heating aid “cruel.” (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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Illinois Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, steps away after talking with the media on her last day before stepping down during the overtime session at the Illinois State Capitol, Saturday, July 1, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Two women pose for a photo with a participant during the Gay Pride demonstration and parade, the climax of the 10-day WorldPride festivities, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Madrid is celebrating WorldPride 2017, a colorful mixture of vindication for sexual and gender diversity and all-night partying. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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Participants take part during the Gay Pride demonstration and parade, the climax of the 10-day WorldPride festivities, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people are marching in a global gay pride demonstration in Madrid under tight security measures on Saturday. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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Police control participants and spectators during the Gay Pride demonstration and parade, the climax of the 10-day WorldPride festivities, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people are marching in a global gay pride demonstration in Madrid under tight security measures on Saturday. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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People dance during the Gay Pride demonstration and parade, the climax of the 10-day WorldPride festivities, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people are marching in a global gay pride demonstration in Madrid under tight security measures on Saturday. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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A participant smiles during the Gay Pride demonstration and parade, the climax of the 10-day WorldPride festivities, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Madrid is celebrating WorldPride 2017, a colorful mixture of vindication for sexual and gender diversity and all-night partying. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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Union members and state workers protest a state government shutdown at the Maine State House in Augusta, Maine, on Saturday, July 1, 2017. A partial state government shutdown began early Saturday after lawmakers failed to meet a deadline for a new state budget while House Republicans revealed they were working with GOP Gov. Paul LePage on a secret, alternative plan. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)
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A woman holds up a sign protesting against bull runs, a few days before the famous San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. The festival will begin on July 6 with the ''txupinazo'' opening ceremony, with people participating in bull runs, music and dance, through the old city. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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A woman holds up a sign protesting against bull runs, a few days before the famous San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. The festival will begin on July 6 with the ''txupinazo'' opening ceremony, with people participating in bull runs, music and dance, through the old city. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
