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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky accompanied by Sen. John Thune, South Dakota Republican, right, meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, to talk about his move to disentangle one of two contested immigration measures from the Homeland Security budget and debate the issues separately, as the Senate faces an impasse over provisions attached to the spending bill aimed at blocking President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell departs a governors only luncheon after giving an address during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington on Feb. 22, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy confers with an aide as she prepares to address the Natural Resources Committee session during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **
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"The lowest-hanging fruit in terms of addressing climate change is forests and land use," said Michael Jenkins, president of the Washington-based nonprofit Forest Trends, referring to the vast amounts of carbon absorbed by the world's forests. This is just one example of benefits that conservation can provide, including small-town farming, agriculture and local economic growth. (Forest Trends)
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Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee, left, speaks with New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan, vice chair, at the committee's morning session at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson waits to speaks about the agency's budget and cybersecurity at the Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee session during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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The Internal Revenue Service headquarters building is seen in Washington on April 13, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this photo taken Feb. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, right, standing with Secretary of State John Kerry, speaks at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, during a signing ceremony to launch a joint air quality program at select U.S. diplomatic missions overseas. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**
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Washington floral artist Barronelle Stutzman on Friday sent a letter to Attorney General Bob Ferguson to decline the settlement offer he made to her on Thursday through a news release he sent to the media. (Handout photo) **FILE**
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., left, and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., make their presentations ready on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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The words "Never Again" are projected onto the ceiing of a tent during an event marking the 20th anniversary of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, Monday, April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Barack Obama signs documents in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, designating Browns Canyon National Monument in Colorado, a 21,000-acre site along the Arkansas River popular for whitewater rafting a national monument. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama speaks at the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Summit, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, at the State Department in Washington. The White House is conveying a three-day summit to bring together local, federal, and international leaders to discuss steps the US and its partners can tak(...)
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President Barack Obama speaks at the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Summit, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, at the State Department in Washington. The White House is conveying a three-day summit to bring together local, federal, and international leaders to discuss steps the US and its partners can tak(...)
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First lady Michelle Obama eats veggie pizza with local school children from Bancroft and Tubman elementary schools after harvesting vegetables for the third annual White House kitchen garden fall harvest, Wednesday, Oct., 5, 2011, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Washington National Cathedral Director of Preservation and Facilities Jim Shepherd talks about repairs and cleaning of the stonework in the ceiling at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Wednesday.
