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National Edition News cover for March 28, 2015 - Harry Reid to retire, will not be seeking re-election: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. adjusts his glasses as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, following a policy luncheon. Reid is wearing special glasses as part of his recovery from injuries suffered in an exercise accident in January. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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FILE - In this March 3, 2015 file photo, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid is backing Schumer to succeed him as Democratic leader. Reid issued his endorsement Friday morning, shortly after announcing he would be retiring next year instead of running for re-election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Conservative columnist, author and broadcaster Armstrong Williams
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington in this March 17, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)
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Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, said Thursday during a debate that former Sen. Rick Santorum is the strongest advocate for strict immigration in the GOP's possible presidential candidate pool. (Associated Press)
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National Edition Opinion cover for March 27, 2015 - The Obamacare death spiral may have already begun (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)
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Seven pro-life activists were reportedly arrested by U.S. Capitol police on Wednesday after staging a prayer protest outside the office of House Speaker John Boehner. (MRCTV)
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A window sticker on a downtown Indianapolis business, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, shows its objection to the Religious Freedom bill passed by the Indiana legislature. Organizers of a major gamers' convention and a large church gathering say they're considering moving events from Indianapolis over a bill that critics say could legalize discrimination against gays. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) **FILE**
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FILE - In this March 17, 2015, file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Officials say House Republicans deepened recommended budget savings from the government’s chief health care program for the poor by about $140 billion in recent weeks to offset part of the cost of higher payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat said of the Medicare language, "is it as severe as the provision in the trafficking bill? No, so we'll see where we come out." The Medicare bill would repeal an outdated budget tool that Congress overrides each year, anyway, through a so-called "doc fix," even when the formula calls for a cut to doctors' pay. (Associated Press)
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This image from video shows Allyson Robinson, policy director for an association of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender military personnel called Service members, Partners, and Allies for Respect and Tolerance for All, or SPARTA, during an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, in Washington. U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has gotten pushback from senior military leaders on whether the Pentagon should lift its ban on transgender people serving in the armed forces. (AP Photo/Bill Gorman)
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Kathy Motlagh (left) and her sister Sara Motlagh have founded ThinkVirtues Inc., an Illinois company aimed at teaching children virtues as a way to encourage good citizenship and fight bullying. (Image courtesy of ThinkVirtues Inc.)
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Under pressure from pro-choice groups, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is balking at pro-life language designed to keep federal funds from paying for abortions in both bills, known as the Hyde amendment. (Associated Press)
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Afghan women have a long way to go before society accepts equal rights to education and to work, according to an inspector general's report to Congress. (Associated Press/File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2015, file photo, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert speaks to members of the media during a news conference at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Utah became the only state to allow firing squads for executions Monday when Herbert signed a law approving the controversial method's use when no lethal-injection drugs are available. Herbert has said he finds the firing squad "a little bit gruesome," but Utah is a capital punishment state and needs a backup execution method in case a shortage of the drugs persists. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Polls show Sen. Ted Cruz is running toward the back of the pack for the 2016 Republican nomination and has work to do to attract fellow Hispanics. (Associated Press)
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Area residents look on as protesters march outside the family home of one of the former University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members caught on video chanting a racist song. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
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African-Americans picket in front of the F.W. Woolworth store in protest against the chain's policy of segregating its lunch counters in the south, in Atlantic City, N.J, March 19, 1960. (AP Photo)
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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2015 file photo, comedian Bill Cosby salutes the crowd as he begins a performance at the Buell Theater in Denver. Three women who allege Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them decades ago say in a court filing that he doesn't have a right to lie and hide behind the statements of his representatives to have their defamation lawsuit dismissed. Lawyers for the women intend to file a motion to obtain documents from a 2005 lawsuit against Cosby arising from a sexual assault allegation because they believe the documents "will contradict assertions in defendant Cosby's motion to dismiss." (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
