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"We believe this bill will increase the protection of children" and help ensure that parents raise children, not governments, Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat and lead sponsor of the Children in Families First Act (CHIFF) in the Senate, said Tuesday. (associated press)
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Sen. Kemp Hannon, R-Garden City, speaks during a Senate health committee meeting on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in New York has passed the Republican-led committee, one of a series of hurdles the measure will have to go through before becoming law. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, speaks during a Senate health committee meeting at the Capitol on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in New York has passed the Republican-led committee, one of a series of hurdles the measure will have to go through before becoming law. Savino sponsored the legislation in the Senate. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Supports cheer after the Senate health committee advanced a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in New York at the Capitol on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. The measure now moves into the finance committee before being brought to a vote in the Senate. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Rose Homuth of Cuba, N.Y., hugs her son Brady Homuth, 25, after the Senate health committee advanced a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in New York at the Capitol on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Brady suffers from retractable seizure disorder. The measure now moves into the finance committee before being brought to a vote in the Senate. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, called on members of the Senate to approve a measure to place a rainy day fund on the November ballot at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 15, 2014. Receiving bipartisan support, lawmakers in both houses approved the bill that will place a proposed constitutional amendment before voters that will create a budget reserve funded primarily from excess capital gains revenue during boom years as well as an annual contribution equal to 1.5 percent of the state's general fund. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, called on members of the Senate to approve a measure to place a rainy day fund on the November ballot, during the Senate session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 15, 2014. Receiving bipartisan support, lawmakers in both houses approved the bill that will place a proposed constitutional amendment before the voters that will create a budget reserve funded primarily from excess capital gains revenue during boom years as well as an annual contribution equal to 1.5 percent of the state's general fund. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
