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Attorney General Jeff Sessions meets with families of victims killed by people living in the United States without legal permission at the Department of Justice, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Washington. The Republican-led House is pushing ahead on legislation to crack down on illegal immigration. One bill would strip federal funds from "sanctuary" cities that shield residents from federal immigration authorities. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Democratic state Rep. June Robinson, standing, talks with fellow Democratic budget negotiators, Reps. Kristine Lytton and Timm Ormsby, seated right, and staff in the House wings before heading into a meeting to brief fellow lawmakers on the details of a state budget deal, Thursday, June 29, 2017, Olympia, Wash. A new two-year budget must be signed into law by midnight Friday in order to avoid a partial state government shutdown. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
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A large group of protesters rally against the Senate Republican healthcare bill on the East Front of the Capitol Building in Washington, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Protesters march around the Capitol Building as they rally against the Senate GOP healthcare bill in Washington, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks during a news conference with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, about Republican legislation overhauling the Obama health care law. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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"Jones," an assistance dog, watches the goings on, as her owner, Cindy Singletary, right, and her mother Bobbie Singletary, both of Biloxi, join others calling for support of Medicaid, during a peaceful protest in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, June 29, 2017. Medicaid recipients, social service activists and representatives and Medicaid supporters staged protests outside the offices of both of Mississippi's Republican senators, Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker. Cindy receives Medicaid care because of complications of dwarfism. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ** FILE **
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Mario Henderson leads chants of "save Medicaid," as other social service activists, Medicaid recipients and their supporters stage a protest outside the building that houses the offices of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Jackson, Miss. About 35 participants began the morning with a protest at Cochran's office, while sending some representatives to meet with his staff. By mid afternoon, the same group continued their outdoor protest at the federal courthouse where U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., maintains offices. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., left, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., second from left, and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., third from left, meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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In this May 2, 2017 photo, Eric Treene, Special Counsel For Religious Discrimination, Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. Treene lamented the lack of solid data on hate crimes during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in May, saying incomplete numbers stymie officials’ ability to fully understand the problem. But he said the department is committed to prosecuting hate crimes, even as critics have blamed the Trump administration’s tough rhetoric and policies for a spike in such offenses. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is joined by Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, left, chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., as the Republican-led House pushes ahead on legislation to crack down on illegal immigration, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2017. One bill would strip federal funds from "sanctuary" cities that shield residents from federal immigration authorities, while a separate bill would stiffen punishments on people who re-enter the U.S. Illegally. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Donald Trump talks to Melissa Oliver-Storz, right, during a meeting with immigration crime victims to urge passage of House legislation to save American lives in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, left, finishes a statement on immigration and sanctuary cities as he joins, from left, Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2017. The Republican-led House pushes ahead on legislation to crack down on illegal immigration. One bill would strip federal funds from "sanctuary" cities that shield residents from federal immigration authorities, while a separate bill would stiffen punishments on people who re-enter the U.S. Illegally. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Donald Trump meets with what the White House identifies as "immigration crime victims" to urge passage of House legislation to save American lives, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, left, joins House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as the Republican-led House pushes ahead on legislation to crack down on illegal immigration, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2017. One bill would strip federal funds from "sanctuary" cities that shield residents from federal immigration authorities, while a separate bill would stiffen punishments on people who re-enter the U.S. Illegally. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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ReasonTV's Remy Munasifi released another one of his popular parody videos on Sen. Elizabeth Warren's rhetoric on health care. "People Will Die!" generated roughly 40,000 YouTube views in less than 24 hours. (YouTube, ReasonTV)
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In this March 23, 2017 photo, Michael Esnault discusses his plight, as he is being forced to move, inside his apartment at the American Can Apartments in New Orleans. The 68-year-old disabled veteran says he searched for about three months before finding a new place after the management at his former complex, American Can Apartments, told him his rent would double to $1,400. He was one of dozens there affected by the loss of affordable-housing subsidies. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this March 23, 2017 photo, Michael Esnault discusses his plight, as he is being forced to move, inside his apartment at the American Can Apartments in New Orleans. The 68-year-old disabled veteran says he searched for about three months before finding a new place after the management at his former complex, American Can Apartments, told him his rent would double to $1,400. He was one of dozens there affected by the loss of affordable-housing subsidies. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this March 23, 2017 photo, Michael Esnault discusses his plight, as he is being forced to move, inside his apartment at the American Can Apartments in New Orleans. The 68-year-old disabled veteran says he searched for about three months before finding a new place after the management at his former complex, American Can Apartments, told him his rent would double to $1,400. He was one of dozens there affected by the loss of affordable-housing subsidies. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017, as Senate Republicans work on a health reform bill. Senate Republicans would cut Medicaid, end penalties for people not buying insurance and erase a raft of tax increases as part of their long-awaited plan to scuttle Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
