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Assembly Minority Leader Chad Mayes, R-Yucca Valley, and Senate Minority Leader Jean Fuller, R-Bakersfield meet with reporters to discuss Calif., Gov. Jerry Brown's State of the State address given before a joint session of the California Legislature Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Budget Director-designate Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Wynonna Judd has spoken out about sister Ashley Judd's controversial speech attacking President Trump during Saturday's women's march in Washington, D.C. (Twitter/@Wynonna)
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Assembly Minority Leader Chad Mayes, R-Yucca Valley, and Senate Minority Leader Jean Fuller, R-Bakersfield meet with reporters to discuss Calif., Gov. Jerry Brown's State of the State address given before joint session of the California Legislature Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Mohammed Alloush, head of Syrian opposition delegation, drinks water during talks on Syrian peace in Astana, Kazakhstan, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. The talks are the latest attempt to forge a political settlement to end a war that has by most estimates killed more than 400,000 people since March 2011 and displaced more than half the country's population. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y., flanked by Sen.Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., critiques policies of President Donald Trump during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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In this Jan. 4, 2017 photo, Neb. state Sen. Bill Kintner of Papillion works on his laptop in the legislative Chamber on the first day of the 2017 legislative session, in Lincoln, Neb. Sen. Kintner could face expulsion from the Legislature for retweeting a talk show host's joke implying that Women's March demonstrators are too unattractive to sexually assault. Kintner's fellow lawmakers railed against him Tuesday in response to public outrage over his online posting, the latest in a long history of inflammatory statements. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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In this Jan. 4, 2017, photo, Nebraska state Sen. Bill Kintner of Papillion talks on the phone in the legislative Chamber on the first day of the 2017 legislative session, in Lincoln, Neb. Sen. Kintner could face expulsion from the Legislature for retweeting a talk show host's joke implying that Women's March demonstrators are too unattractive to sexually assault. Kintner's fellow lawmakers railed Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, against him in response to public outrage over his online posting, the latest in a long history of inflammatory statements. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Budget Director-designate Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a rally in support of school choice on the steps of the Texas Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Austin, Texas. The Texas governor and the Bush family's rising political star have added muscle to a rally supporting school vouchers — but such plans still may not pass the fiercely red state's Legislature. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Parents, students and administrators take part in a rally in support of school choice, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Past voucher programs seeking to provide public money to families who send their children to private and religious schools have sailed through the state Senate but fizzled in the House, where lawmakers from both parties worry about hurting rural classrooms, but rally organizers are hoping that added political pressure could change that this session. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks during a rally in support of school choice on the steps of the Texas Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Austin, Texas. The Texas governor and the Bush family's rising political star have added muscle to a rally supporting school vouchers — but such plans still may not pass the fiercely red state's Legislature. Vouchers would give families state money to help pay for private and religious schools. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Women in pink caps look on as a women's march of tens of thousands begins to pass Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Seattle. Women across the Pacific Northwest marched in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington and to send a message in support of women's rights and other causes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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FILE - This Dec. 27, 2016, file photo provided by the Aiken County Detention Center, S.C., shows South Carolina Rep. Chris Corley. The South Carolina state lawmaker accused of beating his wife bloody resigned on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, rather than be expelled from the Statehouse after a grand jury indicted him on a felony aggravated domestic violence charge that could put him in prison for up to 20 years. (Aiken County Detention Center via AP, File)
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FILE - In this May 5, 2016, file photo, state Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero, D-Albuquerque, speaks at a press conference by the Democratic Party of New Mexico in downtown Albuquerque, N.M. Caballero has introduced a bill that would prohibit New Mexico police departments or sheriff's offices from cooperating with federal agents in deporting immigrants suspected of living in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)
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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., accompanied by other Senate Democrats, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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Budget Director-designate Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. listens at right as the committee's ranking Member, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Budget Director-designate Rep. Mick Mulvaney's, R-S.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Budget Director-designate Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2017 file photo, Housing and Urban Development Secretary-designate Ben Carson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. The Senate committee approved Carson for housing secretary. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)