Social Issues

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National Edition News cover for July 30, 2015 - U.S. border enforcing funds often misused: A group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are stopped, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, in Granjeno, Texas. At least six local, state and federal law enforcement agencies patrol the five mile zone which is illegal immigration’s busiest corridor. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Rep. Donna Edwards, Maryland Democrat, said the bill passed by the House Wednesday would punish federal employees, and amounts to union-busing.

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Rep. Jeff Miller, Florida Republican and chair of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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"Improving bridges, roads and our infrastructure is critical to our economy, but we're going to need time for the House committees to do their work," Speaker John A. Boehner said before the chamber voted to keep road projects moving through Oct. 29 and to fill a $3.3 billion budget hole at the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Associated Press)

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A group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador, who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, are stopped in Granjeno, Texas. (Associated Press)

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Pope Francis delivers his speech in the Synod Hall during a conference on Modern Slavery and Climate Change at the Vatican on July 21, 2015. (Associated Press/File)

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton testifies during a Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee hearing on Planned Parenthood videos covertly recorded that target the abortion provider, Wednesday, July 29, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Texas is one of a number of GOP-controlled states that have launched investigations after the release of videos in which Planned Parenthood officials discuss how to harvest tissue for research from aborted fetuses. (AP Photo/Eric Gay/File)

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In this April 10, 2013, file photo, actress and singer Jane Birkin attends a ceremony as her daughter Lou Doillon was awarded Officer in the Arts and Letters by French culture minister Aurelie Filippetti, at the Culture Ministry in Paris. Birkin has asked Hermes to take her name off the crocodile-skin versions of the iconic Birkin handbag, after being contacted by animal rights group PETA over "cruel" slaughtering practices. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

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FILE - In this July 30, 1965 file photo, President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare Bill into law while former President Harry S. Truman, right, observes during a ceremony at the Truman Library in Independence, Mo. At rear are Lady Bird Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and former first lady Bess Truman. When Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law Americans 65 and older were the age group least likely to have health insurance. (AP Photo)

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National Edition News cover for July 29, 2015 - #WomenBetrayed rallies: End funds for Planned Parenthood: Anti-abortion activists rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol to condemn the use in medical research of tissue samples from aborted fetuses, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Kathy Calver adjusted signs on her shoes as she and other pro-life activists rallied at the Texas Capitol, under the banner of #WomenBetrayed, to condemn the use in medical research of tissue samples obtained from aborted fetuses.

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Pro-life activists call for the defunding of Planned Parenthood at a rally at the U.S. Capitol on July 28, 2015. (Cheryl Wetzstein/The Washington Times)

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A rally was held by pro-life activists at the U.S. Capitol July 28, 2015, where elected officials and advocates called for the defunding of Planned Parenthood. (Cheryl Wetzstein/The Washington Times)

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Pro-life activists gather at the U.S. Capitol to call for the defunding of Planned Parenthood on July 28, 2015. (Cheryl Wetzstein/The Washington Times)

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In this Sunday, June 28, 2015 photo, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts prepare to lead marchers while waving rainbow-colored flags at the 41st annual Pride Parade in Seattle, two days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. On Monday, July 27, 2015, the Texas-based Boy Scouts of America ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders but will allow church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion for religious reasons. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson/File)

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Anti-abortion activists demonstrate near a Planned Parenthood clinic Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Philadelphia. The protesters are calling for an end to government funding for the nonprofit reproductive services organization. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ** FILE **