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Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin delivers the State of the State Address at the Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt., on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Duback)

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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2013, file photo, Gov. Peter Shumlin addresses a forum for small business owners looking at the launch of the Vermont Health Connect Health Insurance Exchange in Montpelier, Vt. While much of the nation works to implement the health insurance exchanges under the federal health overhaul law, Vermont does that and also keeps its eye on a bigger goal, one that more fully embraces government-funded health care. Shumlin is continuing to vow to make Vermont a place where "health care is a right and not a privilege." (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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** FILE ** Vermont governor Peter Shumlin. (Associated Press)

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Gov. Bob McDonnell, Virginia Republican, and Gov. Peter Shumlin, Vermont Democrat, (right) speak with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack during a panel discussion at the National Governors Association meeting in Washington on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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associated press Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, is expected to sign a bill creating a health care system modeled after Canada.

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Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin Republican (left), and Gov. Peter Shumlin, Vermont Democrat, testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on budget-cutting methods. Mr. Walker defended his "bold political move" to take on collective bargaining agreements while Mr. Shumlin "used maple syrup, not vinegar" to reach a deal. (Bloomberg)