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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told The New York Times last month that GOP incumbents would "crush" their tea party rivals in the primary season. (Associated Press)
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses the media during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Silver announced that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the league, in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Republican Reps. Trent Franks, Matt Salmon and David Schweikert wrote a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki on Tuesday, citing reports that officials at the Phoenix Veterans Health Care System had kept a "secret list" of patient requests in order to conceal the fact that some patients were being made to wait more. "As a direct result of such practices, the deaths of over 40 veterans have come to light," they wrote in the letter. (associated press photographs)
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Journalists wait for NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to address a news conference in New York, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Silver announced that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the league in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses the media during a news conference, in New York, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Silver announced that he is banning Los Angeles Clipper owner Donald Sterling for life from the Clippers organization over racist comments in a recording. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Parents, seniors, small business owners, educators, health care and human service providers rally in support of the Fair Tax proposal at the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois Senate faces a proposal to ask voters in November to approve a so-called progressive income tax for the state, a measure proponents say would be fairer because the wealthier would pay at a higher rate. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Parents, seniors, small business owners, educators, health care and human service providers rally in support of the Fair Tax proposal at the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois Senate faces a proposal to ask voters in November to approve a so-called progressive income tax for the state, a measure proponents say would be fairer because the wealthier would pay at a higher rate. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Parents, seniors, small business owners, educators, health care and human service providers rally in support of the Fair Tax proposal at the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois Senate faces a proposal to ask voters in November to approve a so-called progressive income tax for the state, a measure proponents say would be fairer because the wealthier would pay at a higher rate. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Illinois Sen. Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, joins parents, seniors, small business owners, educators, health care and human service providers to rally in support of the Fair Tax proposal Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois Senate faces a proposal to ask voters in November to approve a so-called progressive income tax for the state, a measure proponents say would be fairer because the wealthier would pay at a higher rate. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Illinois Sen. Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, joins parents, seniors, small business owners, educators, health care and human service providers to rally in support of the Fair Tax proposal Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois Senate faces a proposal to ask voters in November to approve a so-called progressive income tax for the state, a measure proponents say would be fairer because the wealthier would pay at a higher rate. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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FILE - In this March 8, 2014, file photo, Former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal gestures as he watches the UIL Class 5A state basketball final between Galena Park North Shore and Converse Judson in Austin, Texas. "Way to go, Commissioner Silver! The NBA stands for everybody!" O'Neal posted on Twitter Tuesday, April 29, 2014, after Silver announced that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the league, in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation.(AP Photo/Michael Thomas, File)
