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In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 photo, demonstrators protesting Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer hold signs and chant as they march across the traffic circle at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza during a protest in New York. Liberals are vowing to put pressure on Schumer to mount a vigorous opposition to the agenda of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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In this Jan. 29, 2017 photo provided by Paul Takeuchi, Yatziri Tovar speaks during a rally in New York's Battery Park, protesting President Donald Trump's temporary suspension of immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. The 24-year-old college student, who emigrated from Mexico as a toddler, said though she was troubled by the initial days of the Trump administration, she was encouraged to see the activism it has spurred and the people of many backgrounds who have spoken against some of his policies. (Paul Takeuchi via AP)
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Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 10, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate John Henry Ramirez, who was convicted for the 2004 robbery-slaying of a convenience store worker in Corpus Christi. The Texas Attorney General's Office is appealing a federal judge's decision on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, that gave a reprieve to Ramirez who had been set to die Thursday, Feb. 2. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP, File)
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Protesters take part in a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline and the City of Seattle's use of Wells Fargo Bank, due to the bank's role in lending funds to finance the pipeline's construction, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at City Hall in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Lela Wulsin, of Seattle, holds a sign that reads "No DAPL Start With Seattle" as she takes part in a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline and the City of Seattle's use of Wells Fargo Bank, due to the bank's role in lending funds to finance the pipeline's construction, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at City Hall in Seattle. On Tuesday, Jan. 31, it was announced that Robert Spee, the acting secretary of the Army has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to allow construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under a Missouri River reservoir. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) is shown here at a Feb. 1, 2017 legislative forum. On Feb. 10, Mr. Kasich gave reprieves to eight death-row inmates in light of an ongoing court battle over the state's lethal injection procedure. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
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Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly talks with Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other state law enforcement officials before a briefing on border security Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at the Texas Department of Public Safety regional headquarters in Weslaco, Texas. Secretary Kelly and Abbott toured the Texas border with Mexico in a helicopter following the briefing. (Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor via AP, Pool)
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Activists chant slogans with placards during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's selective country travel ban outside of the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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In this Jan. 30, 2017 photo, boxers Idamelys Moreno, left, and Legnis Cala, train during a photo session on Havana's sea wall, in Cuba. Moreno and Cala are part of a group of up-and-coming female boxers on the island who want government support to form Cuba's first female boxing team and help dispel a decades-old belief once summed up by a former top coach: "Cuban women are meant to show the beauty of their face, not receive punches." (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Ohio Senate Finance Chairman Scott Oelslager, right, talks about upcoming budget priorities, as Senate minority leader Joe Schiavoni listens in, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. Lawmakers discussed the budget and other issues at an annual political forum sponsored by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
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House minority Leader Fred Strahorn, right, talks about Democrats' budget priorities on a panel with House Finance Chairman Ryan Smith, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. Lawmakers spoke at an annual political forum sponsored by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
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Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio, is scrapping a lesson on slavery that asked students to handle raw cotton in its African-American history class after parents complained. (WFMJ)
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In this June 8, 2016, file photo, Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the premiere of "Finding Dory" at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. DeGeneres used the plot of the film on her syndicated chat show Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, to illustrate her stance on President Trump’s recent executive order on immigration and refugees. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
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Protesters chant slogans against President Donald Trump and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez in downtown Miami, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Gimenez issued a controversial order last week assuring the Trump administration that Miami-Dade is not functioning as a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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The Australian prime minister declined to comment on reports that President Trump had hung up on him after a testy exchange over a refugee program. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)
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In this Jan. 30, 2017 photo, boxers Idamerys Moreno, second right, and Legnis Cala, right, run along Havana's Malecon, in Cuba. Moreno and Cala are part of a group of up-and-coming female boxers on the island who want government support to form Cuba's first female boxing team and help dispel a decades-old belief once summed up by a former top coach: "Cuban women are meant to show the beauty of their face, not receive punches." (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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In this Jan. 30, 2017 photo, boxers Idamerys Moreno, left, and Legnis Cala, train during a photo session on Havana's sea wall, in Cuba. Moreno and Cala are part of a group of up-and-coming female boxers on the island who want government support to form Cuba's first female boxing team and help dispel a decades-old belief once summed up by a former top coach: "Cuban women are meant to show the beauty of their face, not receive punches." (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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FILE- In this Oct. 10, 2016, file photo, Law enforcement officers, left, drag a person from a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline, near the town of St. Anthony in rural Morton County, N.D. North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven said Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, that the Acting Secretary of the Army has directed the Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with an easement necessary to complete the Dakota Access pipeline. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)
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House Appropriations Committee member David Myers, D-McComb, questions House Education Committee member Richard Bennett, R-Long Beach, about specific contents within House Bill No. 1294, an unfinished piece of legislation that brings forward code sections of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. The bill, also called a "dummy bill," passed through the committee, making it possible for lawmakers to amend the law in the future despite having no new language ready by deadline day. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
