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New Hampshire state Sen. Bob Odell, R-Lempster speaks in favor of repealing the state's death sentence law on the Senate floor, Thursday, April 17, 2014 in Concord, N.H. Lawmakers voted 12-12, and the tie means that the death penalty will stay on the books. The state has one person on death row, Michael Addison, who was convicted of killing a Manchester, N.H. police officer. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The president spoke about health care overhaul and the situation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Barack Obama speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The president spoke about health care overhaul and the situation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The president spoke about health care overhaul and the situation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama pauses while speaking in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The president spoke about health care overhaul and the situation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The president spoke about health care overhaul and the situation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Rep. Bruce Wheeler, D-Tucson, debates an amendment to House Bill 2291, an expansion for Arizona's school-voucher program, before members vote on the measure at the Arizona Capitol on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Phoenix. Key Republicans banded with Democrats to vote down House Bill 2291, which would have made another 100,000 to 120,000 low-income students eligible for the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Peoria, and sponsor of House Bill 2291, answers questions about an amendment to House Bill 2291, an expansion for Arizona's school-voucher program, before members vote on the measure at the Arizona Capitol on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Phoenix. Key Republicans banded with Democrats to vote down House Bill 2291, which would have made another 100,000 to 120,000 low-income students eligible for the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Rep. Jonathan Larkin, D-Glendale, top, debates an amendment to House Bill 2291, an expansion for Arizona's school-voucher program, as the bill's sponsor Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Peoria, reads over some paperwork before members vote on the measure at the Arizona Capitol on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Phoenix. Key Republicans banded with Democrats to vote down House Bill 2291, which would have made another 100,000 to 120,000 low-income students eligible for the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, took his final crack at a budget last week when the House cleared his 2015 plan, which again calls for holding revenue steady while making deep cuts to both annual discretionary spending and to entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security. Those cuts would bring the budget into balance in 2024. (Associated Press)
