Social Issues

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Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn, listens as Senate floor debate over paid family leave continues into the night, Friday, June 30, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The Senate approved a paid family leave program Friday that offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, takes part in Senate floor debate over paid family leave at the Capitol Friday, June 30, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. The Senate approved a paid family leave program Friday that offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, listens as Senate floor debate over paid family leave continues into the night at the Capitol Friday, June 30, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. The Senate approved a paid family leave program Friday that offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Sen. Mark Mullet, from left, D-Issaquah, Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent, and Sen. Marko Liias, D-Lynnwood, applaud on the Senate floor after the Senate approved a paid family leave program at the Capitol Friday, June 30, 2017, in Olympia, Wash.. The measure, passed on a 37-12 vote Friday and now heads to the House, offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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FILE - This June 27, 2011 file photo shows Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky in San Francisco. Persky is facing a recall effort over the sexual-assault sentence he gave a former Stanford University swimmer is officially defending himself for the first time. Persky said in a statement filed Friday, June 30, 2017, with Santa Clara County that it is his job to consider rehabilitation and probation for first-time offenders. (Jason Doiy/The Recorder via AP, File)

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee watches from the wings of the House chamber during debate on the state operating budget at the Capitol Friday, June 30, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Legislature approved a new two-year state operating budget Friday, sending the spending plan to Inslee in time to avert a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee watches from the wings of the House chamber, Friday, June 30, 2017, during debate on the state operating budget at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Legislature approved a new budget Friday, sending the spending plan to Inslee in time to avert a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee exits the House chamber, Friday, June 30, 2017, after the House passed a state operating budget, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Legislature approved a new budget Friday, sending the spending plan to Inslee in time to avert a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee watches from the wings of the House chamber, Friday, June 30, 2017, during debate on the state operating budget at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Legislature approved a new two-year state operating budget Friday, sending the spending plan to Inslee in time to avert a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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In this June 28, 2017, photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Mattis is giving the military chiefs another six months before they begin allowing transgender individuals to enlist in the armed services. Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White says he made the decision June 30. A Mattis memo obtained by The Associated Press says he wanted to give the services time to insure the change won’t affect the readiness and lethality of the force. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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FILE--In this Oct. 26, 2016, file photo, casino workers vote at an early voting site in Las Vegas. Nevada's top election official said Friday the state will provide public voter information requested by a White House commission that is investigating claims of voter fraud in the 2016 election, but will not turn over information such as Social Security numbers of voters and who people voted for. (AP Photo/John Locher, file)

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Sen. Dino Rossi, R-Issaquah, right, sits on the Senate floor after the Senate approved a two-year state operating budget, Friday, June 30, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Details of the budget were released Friday, the same day Washington lawmakers must vote on the plan in order to prevent a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie speaks Friday, June 30, 2017, in Trenton, N.J. Christie said that a state government shutdown is likely if he doesn't get an agreement by midnight with Democratic lawmakers on the budget. A stalemate over his proposal to overhaul the state's largest health insurance company was at issue. (AP Photo/Michael Catalini)

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This booking photo released Friday, June 30, 2017, by the Stutsman County Correctional Center in Jamestown, N.D., shows James Watson, the police chief in LaMoure, N.D., who was charged Friday with sex crimes in three western North Dakota counties, including two counts of continuous sex abuse of a child. Watson has yet to appear in court. (Stutsman County Correctional Center via AP Photo)

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FILE - In this June 29, 2015, file photo, supporters of the U.S. Supreme Courts ruling on same-sex marriage gather on the steps of the Texas Capitol for a news conference celebrating marriage equality and looking to important work ahead in Austin, Texas. Gay spouses may not be entitled to government-subsidized workplace benefits, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday, June 30, 2017, in a unanimous decision quickly condemned by gay-rights groups. The court overturned a lower court's decision that favored same-sex marriage benefits, ordering the issue back to trial. Social conservatives hope the case will help them chip away at the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Logo for the New York Lottery, via Wikimedia Commons.

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FILE - In this May 19, 2016 file photo, Illinois Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, speaks at a meeting in Springfield, Ill. Republican senators on Friday, June 30, 2017, elected Brady as the new Senate minority leader to replace Sen. Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, who announced Thursday she was stepping down as senator on Saturday, July 1. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

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Licensed prostitutes in Nevada have started "Hookers for Health Care" to organize against any Republican changes to the Affordable Health Care Act. (CNN, "Inside Legal Brothels with Lisa Ling" screenshot)

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Vanita Gupta, incoming president and CEO for the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 2, 2017, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. (Associated Press) **FILE**