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Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Voting Rights Act in Washington in July, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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File - In this Aug. 9, 2013 file photo, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai presents his dissent during a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing at the FCC in Washington. Pai is asking the nation’s largest hotel chains whether they require guests to dial 9 before 911 in the wake of a Texas girl’s struggle to call for help while her mother was being stabbed.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)
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** FILE ** Rep. James Moran, Virginia Democrat, sits at his desk in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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"This decision is a blow to the principles of fairness and competition that our innovation economy is built on," said Sen. Maria Cantwell, Washington Democrat. "[T]his ruling puts the reins of power in the hands of telecom conglomerates, allowing them to create fast and slow lanes on a tiered Internet." (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this March 7, 2013, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pauses while questioning a witness at Senate Banking Committee hearing on anti-money laundering on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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** FILE ** In this June 15, 2013, file photo, Sarah Palin speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority 2013 conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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President Barack Obama offers a toast during a State Dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron during a State Dinner at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testifies regarding the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2012 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 15, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Nicholas Simmons, 20, of Greece, N.Y., warms himself on a steam grate with three homeless men by the Federal Trade Commission, just blocks from the Capitol, during frigid temperatures in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **
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President Barack Obama laughs as he is asked a question during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. At the end of his fifth year in office, Obama's job approval and personal favorability ratings have fallen to around the lowest point of his presidency. Obama will depart later for his home state of Hawaii for his annual Christmas vacation trip. It's the first time in his presidency that his departure plans have not been delayed by legislative action in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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** FILE ** First lady Michelle Obama reacts as Ashtyn Gardner, 2, from Mobile, Ala., loses her balance when she was greeting Sunny, one of the presidential dogs, as children of military families participate in a holiday arts and crafts event in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador J. Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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President Obama attends a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Aug. 9, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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This Dec. 20, 2011, file photo shows Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew, second from right, Rabbi Levi Shemtov, second from left, and Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, right, as they light the National Hanukkah Menorah during a ceremony on The Ellipse in Washington marking the first night of Hanukkah. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, walks with then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, as they make their way to a GOP strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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** FILE ** In this May 7, 2013, file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Kim Webster, left, and Phil Westmoreland place the ACC logo on the floor of the MCI Center in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2005 prior to the start Thursday of the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
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Congressional Budget Director Doug Elmendorf talks about the economic outlook while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, before the Congressional Budget Conference. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **
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The South Lawn of the White House in Washington is pictured on April 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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National Park Service employees remove barricades from the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Barriers went down at National Park Service sites and thousands of furloughed federal workers began returning to work throughout the country Thursday after 16 days off the job because of the partial government shutdown.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
