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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky wraps up a meeting with reporters after announcing that he was introducing an amendment to repeal the health care law Tuesday on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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Jordanian protesters shout anti-government slogans during a demonstration at the prime minister's office in Amman, Jordan, on Saturday. The opposition supporters demand that the prime minister step down as they vent their anger at rising prices, inflation and unemployment in Jordan. (Associated Press)
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U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson in Florida has ruled President Obama's health care law unconstitutional. (AP Photo)

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Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, seen here in 2007, declared the Obama administration's health care overhaul unconstitutional Monday, siding with 26 states that sued to block it, saying that people can't be required to buy health insurance. (AP Photo/Pensacola News Journal, Tony Giberson)

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Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson is seen in a May 2007 photo. Judge Vinson declared the Obama administration's health care overhaul unconstitutional on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, siding with 26 states that sued to block it, saying that people can't be required to buy health insurance. (AP Photo/Pensacola News Journal, Tony Giberson)

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"Put simply, our fiscal problem is a health care problem," says House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican. (Associated Press)

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President Obama delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday at the Capitol in Washington. (Associated Press)

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On CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday, Sen. John McCain said, "We need to have a vote on" repeal of the health care law. (Associated Press)

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"It is telling that the more Americans learn about it, the more discouraged they are by its harmful effects," new House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Sunday about the new health care law. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, Lois Lucci, 53, sits next to her dialysis machine at her home in Redondo Beach, Calif. Lucci likes the idea of dialysis while she sleeps, so she could have the day free when she's not working part-time as a nurse. Only about 8 percent of dialysis patients choose to do it in their own homes. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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In this photo taken on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, Lois Lucci, 53, sits next to her dialysis machine at her home in Redondo Beach, Calif. Lucci likes the idea of dialysis while she sleeps, so she could have the day free when she's not working part-time as a nurse. Only about 8 percent of dialysis patients choose to do it in their own homes. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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** FILE ** In this file photo, Satila Higgins, of Evansville, Ind., speaks with a prospective employer at a career fair in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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Tom McKelvey of Vista, Calif., checks for jobs at a career development cente in Oceanside, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. The nation's unemployment rate fell to 9.4 percent last month, the lowest level since May 2009, the Labor Department reported Friday, Jan. 7. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 21, 2010, file photo, jobseekers meet potential employers recruiting during a job fair in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

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William Daley speaks in Tallahassee, Fla., on Nov. 10, 2000. President Obama is hiring Mr. Daley to be his chief of staff, it was revealed Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Foley, File)

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Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia discusses the vote to repeal the health care law on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. "The repeal bill is going to be a very straightforward document. It is going to reflect what I think most people inside the Beltway and outside the Beltway understand about the health care bill that was passed — it is a job-killing health care bill that spends money we don't have," he said. (Associated Press)

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Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, despite hands-on leadership in Afghanistan, lost his job in June after unflattering remarks about administration officials appeared in Rolling Stone magazine. (Associated Press)

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Frank Wallace, unemployed since May of 2009, holds a sign during a rally in June organized by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project. (Associated Press)
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Frank Wallace, who has been unemployed since May of 2009, holds a sign during a rally organized by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. Postal Service employees Sandy Platz (center) and Mariela Rendon (left) share a laugh over the drawing of a reindeer decorated with bandages as they sort letters addressed to Santa Claus in Santa Ana, Calif.