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Gay rights protesters block the Senate hallway at the Idaho Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 in Boise, Idaho. In all, 46 people were arrested for misdemeanor trespassing, bringing the number of arrests this month during similar demonstrations at the Capitol to 122. (AP Photo/John Miller)

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Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Daphne, left, talks with Sen. Quinton Ross, Jr., D-Montgomery, right, and Sen. Del Marsh, R-Anniston, back to camera, about the education budget in the Senate chamber, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/The Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh) NO SALES

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Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Daphne, discusses the education budget in the Senate chamber, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/The Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh) NO SALES

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Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stands in defeat after a divided Senate derailed Democratic legislation providing $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation's veterans, as the bill fell victim to election-year disputes over spending and whether to slap sanctions on Iran, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washingtons. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stands in defeat after a divided Senate derailed Democratic legislation providing $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation's veterans, as the bill fell victim to election-year disputes over spending and whether to slap sanctions on Iran, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. faces reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, following a closed-door Democratic policy meeting. The Senate seemed ready Tuesday to vote preliminary approval of a sprawling Democratic bill expanding health, education and other benefits for veterans, but the election-year measure faced conservative opposition and an uncertain fate as Republicans try to make it smaller and find ways to pay for it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)