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U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez waves after being awarded with an honorary degree during commencement services on the campus of Brown University, Sunday, May 25, 2014, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **

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This April 24, 2014, shows Ithaca, N.Y. Mayor Svante Myrick, 27, has pushed for business-friendly zoning changes meant to enable denser development and more much-needed housing. The college-rich city regularly posts the state’s lowest unemployment rate and has seen population gains and new high-tech jobs supported by incubators and venture capitalists. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with an employee of Valois Cafeteria in Chicago, Friday, May 23, 2014, as he gets breakfast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Employees Kim Phillips and Linda Orist (left to right) work to repair screening that was still weighed down by hail on Thursday morning, May 22, 2014. The Summerland Garden garden center had just gotten all their plants for their biggest sales weekend of the Summer, Memorial Day Weekend. The hail storm on Wednesday May 21, 2014 destroyed most of their plants that were going to be for sale. They're hoping to be open tomorrow to sell what they can. Since yesterday, owners and employees of the store have been working to repair the damage. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Jerilee Bennett)

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Sen. Neil Riser, R-Columbia, standing, and Sen. Bob Kostelka, R-Monroe, seated, listen to debate on a bill changing how workers compensation benefits are calculated for professional athletes, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate labor committee narrowly voted to advance the bill pushed by New Orleans Saints NFL football team owner Tom Benson. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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Sen. Barrow Peacock, R-Shreveport, talks about a bill dealing with how workers compensation benefits are calculated for professional athletes, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate labor committee narrowly voted to advance the bill pushed by New Orleans Saints NFL football team owner Tom Benson. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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Former NFL players Kevin Mawae, left, and Ernie Conwell, right, and lobbyist Alton Ashy represented the NFL Players Association in its opposition to a workers compensation bill pushed by New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate labor committee narrowly voted in favor of the bill. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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FILE - This April 9, 2014 photo shows employment signs inn the city of Hobbs, N.M., which are competing for workers to keep up with development in the midst of an oil boom. The Census Bureau reports that the community of Hobbs, was the second fastest-growing in New Mexico from 2012 to 2013. Hobbs and other communities in southeastern New Mexico’s oil-rich Permian Basin are enjoying significant population growth in large part because of increased oil production from advances in drilling technologies. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, file)

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Rep. John Walsh, R-Livonia, left, talks over the votes on Detroit bailout bills with Speaker of the House, Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, Thursday, May 22, 2014 on the floor of the Michigan House of Representatives in Lansing, Mich. The Michigan House has approved Detroit bankruptcy legislation that commits $195 million in state money to prevent deeper cuts in retiree pensions and the sale of city-owned art. The House voted 74-36 Thursday to spend money to match contributions from foundations and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Eleven bankruptcy-related bills cleared the Republican-led chamber and go to the Senate. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Dale G. Young) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT