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FILE - In this April 18, 1935 file photo provided by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration from the George E. Marsh Album, a dust storm approaches Stratford, Texas. Due to the drought conditions that have been a constant presence since 2011, some parts of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado are drier now than they were during the infamous dry spell of the 1930s. (AP Photo/NOAA George E. Marsh Album, File)
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In this April 23, 2014 photo, farmworker Severiano Salas, left, speaks with United Farm Workers National Vice President Armando Elenes in Fresno, Calif. The United Farm Workers is in battle with Gerawan to represent thousands of his workers at his family farm. The workers last year voted on retaining the union or rejecting it, but the ballots have yet to be counted in a contested election playing out in court. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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In this Sept. 25, 2013, file photo, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., center, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., center right, and other Democratic lawmakers joined new mothers and their babies at the Capitol to criticize Republican efforts to kill the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare," in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2013, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy speaks to faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania law school in Philadelphia. The pro-gay rights rulings of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy have been a key spark in the march toward legalized gay marriage. To counter the trend, same-sex marriage opponents now are seizing upon other opinions by Kennedy himself. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)