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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., leaves the Senate floor on Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, after President Barack Obama's choice to head the Justice Department's civil rights division failed a Senate test vote and put the confirmation of Debo Adegbile in jeopardy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen.Henry L. Marsh, III, D-Richmond, right, stands in the rear of the Senate chamber at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, March 4, 2014, after a commending resolution was presented to the family of the late Harry F. Byrd, Jr., a former member of the body and U.S. Senator. Most of Marsh's colleagues in the Senate Black Caucus, along with openly gay Senator Adam P. Ebbin, D-Alexandria, left the chamber during the presentation. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)

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Sen. Mamie E. Locke, D-Hampton, left, and Sen. A. Donald McEachin, D-Henrico, walk out of the Senate chamber at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, March 4, 2014 as a commending resolution was presented to the family of the late Harry F. Byrd, Jr., a former member of the body and U.S. Senator. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown).