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New House Minority Leader Patrick Neville, R-Castle Rock, left, sits with his family, daughters Hannah, 5, Mary Katelyn, 8, Lydia, 8 months, and wife Kristi during the opening session of the 2017 Colorado Legislature, at the Capitol, in Denver, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2017. The Colorado Democratic House and Republican Senate are waiting for cues from Washington and from Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper about the priorities this year. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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New Colorado State Senate Minority leader Lucia Guzman, D-Denver, applauds during the opening session of the 2017 Colorado Legislature, at the Capitol, in Denver, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2017. The Colorado Democratic House and Republican Senate are waiting for cues from Washington and from Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper about the priorities this year. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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FILE - This Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, file booking photograph provided by the Logan County, Colo. Sheriff's Office, shows Sedgwick County, Colo. Sheriff Thomas Hanna after being arrested on sex assault and misconduct allegations. Hanna was recalled from office by voters on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (Logan County, Colo. Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
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On Jan. 11, 2017, Washingtonian reported that a restaurant in Bethesda, Md., was selling a cheeseburger special named after a sex act that Donald Trump was alleged to have paid prostitutes to perform on each other. (Screen capture from Twitter, Jan. 11, 2017)
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House minority leader Rep, Sam Singh, D-Detroit chats as the Michigan House of Representatives convenes to start the new year at the Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. (Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP)
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15. Super Bowl XLV, Feb. 6, 2011 — Arlington, Texas Packers 31, Steelers 25 Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers reacts after throwing a touchdown pass during the first half of the NFL football Super Bowl XLV. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks with reporters during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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FILE -In this Jan. 1, 2017, file photo, protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline rappel from the catwalk after placing a banner in U.S. Bank Stadium during an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears in Minneapolis. The front lines of the battle against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline are shifting away from the dwindling encampment in North Dakota. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2017, file photo, protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline rappel from the catwalk after placing a banner in U.S. Bank Stadium during an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears in Minneapolis. The front lines of the battle against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline are shifting away from the dwindling encampment in North Dakota. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King, File)
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Kevin Kerwin, owner of Kevin the Geek Computer Repair Shop in Lake Oswego, Oregon, has posted a sign in his storefront window telling liberals to "go straight to hell" in response to the hate crime kidnapping and torture of a white disabled man last week in Chicago. (Fox News)
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CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME FROM KENDY TO KENDI - This cover image released by Nation Books shows, "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America," winner of the National Book Award, by Ibram X. Kendi. (Nation Books via AP)
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The van carrying Dylann Roof leaves the U.S. District Court on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Charleston, S.C. An unrepentant Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime. (Grace Beahm/The Post And Courier via AP)
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FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal a fixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. Veterans health care remains a "high risk" issue threatening the federal budget and quality of care for former service members, auditors say in a forthcoming report. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Joseph Thomas of Perry Township in Lake County, Ohio, convicted in 2012 of raping and fatally stabbing Annie McSween, a bartender in Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio, whose body was found Nov. 26, 2010. Ohio Supreme Court justices heard arguments Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, for and against executing Thomas, whose lawyers argue he had poor legal assistance at trial. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)
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FILE - In a Wednesday, June 15, 2016 file photo, Vermont state Sen. Norman McAllister sits in court during the first day of his trial on two counts of sexual assault, in St. Albans, Vt. McAllister, the former Vermont lawmaker accused of forcing a woman to have sex for rent, has agreed to a plea deal Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, and faces possible prison time. (Gregory J. Lamoureux/County Courier via AP, Pool, File)
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Jennifer Pinckney, center, widow of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, leaves Federal Court in Charleston Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, after a jury sentenced Dylann Roof to death for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime. (Brad Nettles/The Post And Courier via AP)
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In this Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, photo, a prayer vigil in honor of Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow at the Cleveland Heights apartment building in Sioux Falls, S.D. Police say a man accused of fatally stabbing the transgender woman in Sioux Falls has been charged with murder and other counts. (Jay Pickthorn/The Argus Leader via AP)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, center, shakes hands with Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, after Walker's state of the state address to a joint session of the Legislature in the Assembly chambers at the state Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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State Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, talks to reporters about California Gov. Jerry Brown's 2017-18 state budget at the Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Brown released his $122.5 billion state spending plan, and warned of a looming $1.6 billion budget deficit because of slow growth on tax revenues. Nielsen, the ranking Republican on the Senate budget committee said that "Our California budget is perilously balanced" and that "the governor has, along with the Republicans, opted to hold the line on our spending." (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Religious leaders gather on the steps of the Texas State Capitol for an interfaith prayer event before the 85th Texas Legislative session begins, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
