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** FILE ** Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, appear on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at a Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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**FILE** Former IRS official Lois Lerner speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 5, 2014, during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the the agency's targeting of tea party groups, where she invoked her constitutional right not to incriminate herself. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this June 18, 2013, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, to promote his "My Brother's Keeper" initiative. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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First lady Michelle Obama finishes reciting a "wrap" song written by students from George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church, Va., about healthy eating as she announced proposed guidelines for local school wellness policies during an event in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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**FILE** President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Thomas J. Donohue, left, listens as AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka, right, testifies before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on transportation infrastructure Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

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National Governor's Association Vice Chair Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper participates in a special session on jobs in America during the National Governor's Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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** FILE ** This Nov. 13, 2013, file photo shows Jeh Johnson, Homeland Security Secretary, testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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**FILE** A draft copy of the 21-page Health and Human Services Department form proposed for use to apply for low-cost insurance from Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program is photographed in Washington on March 12, 2013. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2013 file photo, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Energy Department is poised to approve $6.5 billion in lending for two nuclear reactors under construction in Georgia. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is expected to announce the deal at a speech in Washington on Wednesday, a day before he visits the $14 billion Vogtle nuclear plant being built by Southern Co. and several partners about 30 miles southeast of Augusta. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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** FILE ** In this Feb. 6, 2014, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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A demonstrator is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police officers on Capitol Hill during a immigration rally in Washington, on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, seeking to push Republicans to hold a vote on a stalled immigration reform bill. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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This Feb. 12 photo shows President Obama signing an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 23, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Former Republican South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation, speaks at the Heritage Action for America 2014 Conservative Policy Summit in Washington on Feb. 10, 2014. (Associated Press)

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Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron speaks at a reception in his honor, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Washington. Aaron is turning 80 and is being celebrated with a series of events in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, greets Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, prior to Elmendorf testifying before the committee's hearing on the CBO budget and economic outlook. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate Agriculture Committee member Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., center, joined by fellow committee members, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, after congressional approval of a sweeping five-year farm bill that provides food for the needy and subsidies for farmers. From left are, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., Heitkamp, the committee's ranking member, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. and committee chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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**FILE** Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 11, 2011, to discuss the budget. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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**FILE** Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Jason Furman (right), accompanied by White House press secretary Jay Carney, speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Feb. 4, 2014. (Associated Press)