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overdrawn: Greek pensioners enter a bank to withdraw a maximum of 120 euros — $134 — in Athens Tuesday as the country's financial situation remains precarious. (Associated Press photographs)
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Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Jan. 21, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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President Barack Obama is greeted by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as he arrives on Air Force One at La Crosse Regional Airport, Thursday, July 2, 2015, in La Crosse, Wis. The president is en route to the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse where he is to speak about the economy and promote a proposed Labor Department rule that would make more workers eligible for overtime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Illustration on raising the minimum wage in light of its effect on Puerto Rico by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback asks a question during a meeting with legislative leaders about the state's plans for issuing $1 billion in bonds to boost the financial health of its public pension system for teachers and government workers, Thursday, July 2, 2015, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Market conditions could delay or prevent the state from issuing the bonds. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, in La Crosse, Wis., Thursday, July 2, 2015, about the economy and to promote a proposed Labor Department rule that would make more workers eligible for overtime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, in La Crosse, Wis., Thursday, July 2, 2015, about the economy and to promote a proposed Labor Department rule that would make more workers eligible for overtime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Obama waves as he boards Air Force One, Thursday, July 2, 2015, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to La Crosse, Wis., where he is to speak at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse about economy and to promote a proposed Labor Department rule that would make more workers eligible for overtime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a news conference Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Chicago. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the nation’s third-largest school district is making $200 million in cuts that won’t affect schools opening on time or class size. The reductions detailed at a Wednesday news conference come after the district paid a $634 million pension bill that district officials said it couldn't afford. (AP Photo/Christian K. Lee)
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President Barack Obama speaks at Taylor Stratton Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, July 1, 2015, about the Affordable Care Act. The president said he wants to refocus on improving health care quality, expanding access and rooting out waste now that the Supreme Court has upheld a key element of his health care law. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Obama's final year in office will be momentous for his signature health care law. (Associated Press/File)
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"I'm hoping that what we can do is now focus on how we can make it even better, because it's not as if we've solved all the problems in our health care system," President Obama said. (Associated Press)
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Students cheer as they hold up signs stating that numbers of people in different states who would lose healthcare coverage, with the words "lose healthcare" now over written with "still covered" stickers, after the Supreme Court decided that the without the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may provide nationwide tax subsidies, Thursday June 25, 2015, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Jessica Ellis, right, with "yay 4 ACA" sign, and other supporters of the Affordable Care Act, react with cheers as the opinion for health care is reported outside of the Supreme Court in Washington,Thursday June 25, 2015. The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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National Edition News cover for June 25, 2015 - OPM cybersecurity breach puts data of up to 32 million at risk: Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, before the before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the OPM data breach. In the cyberattack targeting federal personnel records, hackers are believed to have obtained the Social Security numbers, birth dates, job actions and other private information on every federal employee and millions of former employees and contractors. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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President Obama's proposal aims to narrow a loophole that the president has long said is exploited by some employers to avoid paying overtime. (Associated Press)
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This Feb. 5, 2015, file photo shows the Anthem logo at the health insurer's corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
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GUN CRIME GALLERY A would-be robber was shot in 2006 by an employee at Media Madhouse in Indiana. After the suspect entered the building holding a gun on an employee and demanding money, a second employee jumped into action and shot the suspect, saving both employees and customers.
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Kim O'Leary, right, holds her son D.J., as Emily Tringe, left, reaches from the arms of her mother, Heidi, during a bill-signing by Gov. Jim Douglas, rear, seated, in Montpelier, Vt., Thursday, May 15, 2008. The governor signed a bill that will make it easier for nursing mothers to continue breast-feeding their babies after they return to work. The bill requires employers to allow employees to express milk for their child while at work and to provide a private space to do so. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
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Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, before the before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the OPM data breach. In the cyberattack targeting federal personnel records, hackers are believed to have obtained the Social Security numbers, birth dates, job actions and other private information on every federal employee and millions of former employees and contractors. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
