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State Sen. Roderick Wright, D-Inglewood, right, talks with Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, during the Senate session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday Feb. 24, 2014. After a closed door meeting Monday, Democratic lawmakers said they will give state Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, who faces federal corruption charges, one week to resign or take an indefinite leave of absence. If he does not, the Senate will move to suspend him. Calderon pleaded not guilty Monday to federal corruption charges involving bribes, kickbacks and fraud. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, left, huddles with Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, center and Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. After a closed door meeting, Senate Democrats said they will give state Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, one week to resign or take an indefinite leave of absence. If he does not, the Senate will move to suspend him. Calderon pleaded not guilty Monday to federal corruption charges involving bribes, kickbacks and fraud. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, ponders a question while discussing the corruption charges facing Sen. Ron Calderon, after a closed door meeting with Senate Democrats at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday Feb. 24, 2014. Steinberg said Democratic lawmakers will give Calderon, a Democrat from Montebello, one week to resign or take an indefinite leave of absence. If he does not, the Senate will move to suspend him. Calderon was arraigned Monday in Los Angeles on charges that he accepted $100,000 in bribes and trips. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Sen. Jane English, R-North Little Rock, left, speaks with Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, in the Senate chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. The Senate voted Thursday to continue the state's compromise Medicaid expansion plan. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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Sen. Jane English, R-North Little Rock, sits at her desk in the Senate chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. The Senate voted to reauthorize funding for the "private option" program that uses federal Medicaid funds to purchase private insurance for low-income residents. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)