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Posted: 5/6/2013 8:23:29 AM EST
FILE – In this April 16, 2013 file photo House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., left, accompanied by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaks during a House Republican Leadership news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans want to give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay; the option already exists in the public sector. The legislation is part of a broader Republican agenda undertaken by House Majority Leader Cantor to expand the party's political appeal to working families. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Posted: 5/6/2013 3:48:25 AM EST
FILE - In this May 11, 2010, file photo Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member, Republican Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Democrat Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., confer before an Immigration hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Democratic-led Senate, where the Judiciary Committee takes up the new immigration reform bill on Thursday, May 9, 2013, is already going to be a tough barrier. Meanwhile, to the dismay of immigration advocates, Chairman Leahy has announced plans to move forward with individual, single-issue immigration bills, rejecting the comprehensive approach in the Senate that's backed by President Barack Obama, who's made immigration legislation a top second-term priority. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
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Posted: 5/6/2013 3:48:25 AM EST
FILE - In this March 18, 2013 file photo the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., asks a question during the committees's hearing on immigration reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. About the proposed bill Sessions says, “The supporters promoted the bill aggressively before anybody saw the language, and certain Republicans and conservative voices sort of held their fire, but that's beginning to change.” Sessions was a leading voice in the Senate against the bill in 2007 and is reprising that role this time around, making floor speeches, issuing press releases and holding briefing calls with reporters to argue that the bill would unlock a much larger volume of immigration into the U.S. than advertised, to the detriment of U.S. workers and jobs. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Posted: 5/4/2013 12:38:43 PM EST
FILE - Anti-abortion legislation, left, sits on a desk in Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's ceremonial office as he prepares to sign it at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. on Friday, April 19, 2013. At right is a page of Brownback's notes about the measure with "JESUS + MARY" written at the top. Further down the page are typewritten notes spelling out Brownback's belief that the bill would create "a culture of life." Since the Republican electoral gains of 2010, GOP-dominated state legislatures have passed more than 160 restrictive abortion measures - more than in the seven previous years combined, according to a tally by the Guttmacher Institute. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Posted: 5/4/2013 9:33:21 AM EST
FILE – In this April 30, 2013, file photo former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at the Historic Rotary Club of Charleston at the Citadel in Charleston, S.C. In a bizarre campaign that has roiled the state, Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch are locked in a surprisingly contentious contest to win a House seat in a solidly Republican district along the South Carolina coast. The special election is Tuesday, May 7. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)
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Posted: 5/4/2013 9:33:21 AM EST
FILE - In this April 30, 2013, file photo Democratic candidate Elizabeth Colbert Busch, center, speaks with attendees during a campaign stop at the Charleston Maritime Center in Charleston, S.C. In a bizarre campaign that has roiled the state, Mark Sanford and Colbert Busch are locked in a surprisingly contentious contest to win a House seat in a solidly Republican district along the South Carolina coast. If Colbert Busch prevails, she will instantly become one of the most endangered Democrats in the 2014 elections. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)
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Posted: 5/1/2013 4:18:27 AM EST
FILE - Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., questions former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice to lead the Pentagon, during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo. A woman whose mother was killed in last year's school shooting in Newtown, Conn., confronted Sen. Kelly Ayotte Tuesday April 30, 2013 during the senator's first public appearance in New Hampshire since voting against gun control legislation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 5/1/2013 2:53:34 AM EST
FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2013, file photo, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, right, gestures as he and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, left, speak about education reform in Richmond, Va. Republican governors, often seen as innovative policy-makers and potential presidential candidates, are struggling in several states with political or ethical problems that might crimp their ambitions. Two governors eyeing possible White House bids, McDonnell and Jindal, suddenly find themselves fending off critics and trying to shore up legacies they hope will withstand national scrutiny. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Posted: 5/1/2013 2:53:34 AM EST
Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate businessman and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez addresses an audience during a victory speech at a primary watch party, in Cohasset, Mass., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Gomez won his bid for the Republican nomination to contest a U.S. Senate seat, defeating Republican hopefuls Michael Sullivan and Dan Winslow. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 5/1/2013 2:53:33 AM EST
Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Gabriel Gomez, center, gives a thumbs up as he takes to the stage next to his daughter Olivia, 13, left, before addressing an audience with a victory speech at a watch party, in Cohasset, Mass., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Gomez won his primary bid for the Republican nomination to contest a U.S. Senate seat, defeating Republican hopefuls Michael Sullivan and Dan Winslow. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/30/2013 11:53:29 PM EST
Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, Gabriel Gomez, center, celebrates with supporters as he makes his way to the stage to address an audience with a victory speech at a watch party, in Cohasset, Mass., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Gomez won his primary bid for the Republican nomination to contest a U.S. Senate seat, defeating Republican hopefuls Michael Sullivan and Dan Winslow. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/30/2013 11:48:24 PM EST
Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, Gabriel Gomez, center, celebrates with supporters as he makes his way to the stage to address an audience with a victory speech at a watch party, in Cohasset, Mass., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Gomez won his primary bid for the Republican nomination to contest a U.S. Senate seat, defeating Republican hopefuls Michael Sullivan and Dan Winslow. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/30/2013 11:48:24 PM EST
Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Gabriel Gomez, left, kisses his wife, Sarah, as he takes to the stage before addressing an audience with a victory speech at a watch party, in Cohasset, Mass., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Gomez won his primary bid for the Republican nomination to contest a U.S. Senate seat, defeating Republican hopefuls Michael Sullivan and Dan Winslow. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/30/2013 11:48:24 PM EST
Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Gabriel Gomez, right, points toward the audience as he takes the stage with his daughters Olivia, 13, left, Antonia, 10, second from left, and wife Sarah, behind, before addressing an audience with a victory speech at a watch party in Cohasset, Mass., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Gomez won his primary bid for the Republican nomination to contest a U.S. Senate seat, defeating Republican hopefuls Michael Sullivan and Dan Winslow. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/30/2013 11:48:23 PM EST
U.S. Senate candidate Ed Markey shakes hands with a supporter in Boston, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 as he celebrates winning the Democratic primary for the special U.S. Senate election. Markey and Republican former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez won their party primaries Tuesday, setting up a race between a 36-year veteran of Washington politics and a political newcomer for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by John Kerry. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Posted: 4/30/2013 7:03:17 PM EST
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question Tuesday, April 30, 2013, in Long Beach Township, N.J., during a town hall meeting. The Republican governor says he soon will "call out" stubborn homeowners by name if they continue to refuse to sign easements permitting a beach replenishment project with dunes. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Posted: 4/30/2013 8:28:32 AM EST
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Michael Sullivan greets diners at Christo's in Brockton, Mass., Monday, April 29, 2013. Three Republicans and two Democrats seeking the nominations of their parties to run in a special U.S. Senate election to fill the Massachusetts seat formerly held by Secretary of State John Kerry are making a final pre-primary push for votes. A light turnout is expected for Tuesday's primary. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Posted: 4/30/2013 8:28:32 AM EST
Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate businessman and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez speaks with members of the media during a campaign stop at a restaurant, in Marshfield, Mass., Monday, April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/29/2013 6:33:20 PM EST
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Michael Sullivan speaks to reporters outside Christo's in Brockton, Mass., Monday, April 29, 2013. Three Republicans and two Democrats seeking the nominations of their parties to run in a special U.S. Senate election to fill the Massachusetts seat formerly held by Secretary of State John Kerry are making a final pre-primary push for votes. A light turnout is expected for Tuesday's primary. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Posted: 4/29/2013 6:33:20 PM EST
Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate businessman and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez, left, speaks with Judy Stowell, of Pembroke, Mass., right, as Patricia Buotte, of Wareham, Mass., behind center, looks on during a campaign stop at a restaurant, in Marshfield, Mass., Monday, April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
