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People hold signs as they listen to speakers during a rally in Portland, Ore., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Several hundred supporters gathered with Oregon congressional leaders in protest against Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Britney Marr, left, listens to speakers as 4-year-old Miriam Haskey sleeps in her mother's arms during a rally in Portland, Ore., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Several hundred supporters gathered with Oregon congressional leaders in protest against Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Miriam Haskey, 4, sits in her stroller next to a report card placard as she attends a rally with her mother, Cara Haskey, in Portland, Ore., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Several hundred supporters gathered with Oregon congressional leaders in protest against Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Oregon Congressman Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., speaks to a crowd as Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., stands behind her during a rally in Portland, Ore., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Several hundred supporters gathered with Oregon congressional leaders in protest against Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Asher Kockler, 3, carries a sign during a rally in Portland, Ore., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Several hundred supporters gathered with Oregon congressional leaders in protest against Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., left, poses with Asher Kockler and his sign for a family member during a rally in Portland, Ore., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Several hundred supporters gathered with Oregon congressional leaders in protest against Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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FILE – In this Feb. 9, 2016, file photo, Gov. Tom Wolf, center, delivers his budget address for the 2016-17 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate, as the speaker of the state House of Representatives, state Rep. Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, left, and Lt. Gov. Mike Stack, right, listen at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Wolf's administration notified state officials and employees Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, that he wants to consolidate four agencies into a single state Department of Health and Human Services, as the first-term Democratic governor deals with a massive budget deficit and a Republican-controlled Legislature averse to raising taxes. (AP Photo/Chris Knight, File)
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FILE - In this April 20, 2016, file photo, protesters stand in solidarity with rape victims on the campus of Brigham Young University during a sexual assault awareness demonstration in Provo, Utah. Rep. Angela Romero, a Utah lawmaker, is working on new statewide rules requiring college counselors to keep sex abuse reports confidential. The move comes after Brigham Young University faced significant backlash when it was revealed that some reported assault information was shared with the school's honor code office. Romero says her legislation was not spurred by the controversy at the Mormon-owned school but it would apply to public schools and private schools like BYU. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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FILE - This April 20, 2016, file photo, protesters stand in solidarity with rape victims on the campus of Brigham Young University during a sexual assault awareness demonstration, in Provo, Utah. Rep. Angela Romero, a Utah lawmaker, is working on new statewide rules requiring college counselors to keep sex abuse reports confidential. The move comes after Brigham Young University faced significant backlash when it was revealed that some reported assault information was shared with the school's honor code office. Romero says her legislation was not spurred by the controversy at the Mormon-owned school but it would apply to public schools and private schools like BYU. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Defense Secretary James Mattis (right) was caught off guard by President Trump's Twitter announcement on July 26 that the military would renew its ban on transgender troops. (Associated Press/File)
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Protesters chant slogans against President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in downtown Miami. The protesters manifested their opposition to Trump's executive order restricting immigration from some Middle Eastern and African countries. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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FILE - This June 14, 2007 file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows condemned inmate James Majors. California prison officials report that Majors, 69, was pronounced dead from unknown causes at about Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 at a nearby hospital. Majors, who was sentenced to death for the Jan. 25, 1989 robbery and first-degree murders of three people in Fair Oaks, Calif., has been had been on death row since 1991. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP, File)
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Anti-abortion demonstrators arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the March for Life. The march, held each year in the Washington, marks the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Anti-abortion demonstrators arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the March for Life. The march, each year in the Washington marks the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Anti-abortion activists march up Constitution Avenue en route to the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the 44th annual March For Life. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Anti-abortion activists march up Constitution Avenue en route to the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the 44th annual March For Life. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Anti-abortion demonstrators arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the March for Life. The march, held each year in the Washington marks the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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An anti-abortion activist cries as she prays with others in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the annual March for Life. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered in Washington for an annual march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Anti-abortion activists converge in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the annual March for Life. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered in Washington for an annual march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Anti-abortion activists march up Constitution Avenue en route to the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the 44th annual March For Life. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
