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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, December 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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President Obama speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 (Associated Press).

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African American Congressional staffers hold a protest on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)