Social Issues

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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, walks with Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Democrats will challenge Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, over his hard-line stand on immigration, past record on civil rights and his support for community policing when he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar speaks during a news conference where he released his biennial revenue estimate that will be used to set Texas budget for the upcoming legislative session , Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2016 file photo, people protest against the Fort Worth Police Department at the Tarrant County Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas. Police say an investigation is complete into a confrontation captured on cellphone video in which a white officer wrestled a black woman to the ground before arresting her and her teenage daughters. Fort Worth police say they will announce Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 whether the officer faces disciplinary action in the Dec. 21 incident. (Joyce Marshall/Star-Telegram via AP File)

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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, to discuss the nomination of Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. to become Health and Human Services secretary. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

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Congress Planning Huge Tax Burden Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Adjustable Tax, AMerica Working Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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FILE - In this May 31, 2016 file photo, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks during a news conference in Austin, Texas. Patrick, a key player in setting the legislative agenda, wants Texas to ban transgender people from using public bathrooms of their choice. (Laura Skelding/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

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FILE - In this April 25, 2016 file photo, protesters head to the legislative building in Raleigh, N.C., for a sit-in against House Bill 2, a contentious law that limited protections for LGBT people. After a string of major gains in recent years, LGBT activists are bracing for a different task in 2017 - trying to prevent Republicans in Congress and state legislatures from undermining those gains. (Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2016 file photo, the HealthCare.gov web site home page is seen on a laptop in Washington. President Barack Obama’s health law is in jeopardy, but his health care legacy is certain to endure. That’s because of broad public support for many of the underlying principles _ along with lasting conflicts over how to secure those principles. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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In this April 9, 2016, file photo, Stephen Baldwin attends a boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

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Oakland Raiders' SaQwan Edwards (30) eludes the tackle of Houston Texans' Stephen Anderson (89) on a punt return during the second half of an AFC Wild Card NFL football game Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, the fishing vessel Lady Gudny is adrift in heavy seas east of Kodiak, Alaska. The Coast Guard says several people have been safely airlifted from the disabled fishing vessel Friday. (Bill Colclough/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

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In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, photo, Donna Dye, who is unemployed and whose husband is disabled, plays with her two granddaughters, Lilly, left, and Chloe, at her home where she cares for them, in Minnie, Ky. Dye and her husband have been fighting the federal government to keep his Social Security disability checks after a local lawyer who helped them became the subject of a federal fraud investigation. (AP Photo/David Stephenson)

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In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, photo, Donna Dye, who is unemployed and whose husband is disabled, sits outside her home in Minnie, Ky. She and her husband have been fighting the federal government to keep his Social Security disability checks after a local lawyer who helped them became the subject of a federal fraud investigation. (AP Photo/David Stephenson)

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Family members of Brittany Covington and Tanishia Covington, left, and right, leave the Leighton Criminal Court Building Friday, Dec. 6, 2016 in Chicago. The two women along with two men were ordered held without bond on charges of hate crime, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, in the beating of a mentally disabled white man that appeared on Facebook. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun Times via AP)

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Family members of Brittany Covington and Tanishia Covington, left and right, leave the Leighton Criminal Court Building Friday, Dec. 6, 2016 in Chicago. The two women along with two men were ordered held without bond on charges of hate crime, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, in the beating of a mentally disabled white man that appeared on Facebook. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun Times via AP)

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From left, Idaho House Minority Leader Mat Erpelding, D-Boise, Senate Minority Leader Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum, Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, and House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, speak to reporters about the upcoming 2017 legislative session at the State Capitol building Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 in Boise, Idaho. The new session begins Monday, Jan. 9. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)

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Family spokesman David Boyd, right, and others hold a news conference Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Crystal Lake, Ill., after an 18-year-old man was assaulted in Chicago earlier this week. Four people were charged with hate crimes Thursday in connection with a video broadcast live on Facebook that showed a mentally disabled white man being beaten and taunted, threatened with a knife and forced to drink from a toilet. Boyd is the brother-in-law of the victim. (Patrick Kunzer/Daily Herald via AP)