Recording artist will. i.am, left, shakes hands with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , right, as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, looks on, before a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, by recording artists about performance rights on radio. AP Photo logo AP Photo 9 months ago

Recording artist will. i.am, left, shakes hands with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , right, as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, looks on, before a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, by recording artists about performance rights on radio.

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  1. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (2nd L)(D-NV), hugs John Rockefeller (C)(D-WV) as Christopher Dodd (L)(D-CT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and his wife Marcelle watch after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill, in Washington, November 21, 2009.
  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) hugs Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate approved the motion to bring the bill to a full debate on the floor of the Senate by 60-39 vote.

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  2. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (2nd L)(D-NV), hugs John Rockefeller (C)(D-WV) as Christopher Dodd (L)(D-CT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and his wife Marcelle watch after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill, in Washington, November 21, 2009.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) hugs Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate approved the motion to bring the bill to a full debate on the floor of the Senate by 60-39 vote.
  4. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev, center left, .gets a hug by Sen. Jay Rockefeller D-W.Va, as Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., left and Sen. Patrick Leahy D-Vt., right, looks on after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad health care overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.
  5. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (C) is greeted by Senator Jeff Sessions (L) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy as he arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington November 18, 2009.
  6. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (R) escorts U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder into the hearing room to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington November 18, 2009.
  7. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., listens as Attorney General Eric Holder, back to camera, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the committee's hearing on Justice Department oversight.
  8. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., left, stands with Attorney General Eric Holder, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, prior to Holder testifying before the committee's Justice Department oversight hearing.
  9. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., presides over a hearing on effective strategies for preventing health care fraud, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Leahy.
  10. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, shakes hands with committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is seen at center, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington, after a committee vote regarding the health care reform bill.
  11. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, shakes hands with committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is seen at center, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington, after a committee vote regarding the health care reform bill.
  12. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, shakes hands with committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah,looks on at center, after a committee vote regarding the health care reform bill, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. With support from a lone Republican, Snowe, a key Senate committee approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama's goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law. The committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa is at right.
  13. Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, right, says "aye" during a roll call vote as she sits with the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, left, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, as the committee voted regarding health care reform bill.
  14. Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, right, smiles as speaks with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus of Mont., second left, as her Republican colleagues Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, center, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, look on during the committee's hearing regarding health care reform, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Snowe says she will vote for a Democratic health care bill, breaking with her party on President Barack Obama's top legislative priority.
  15. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, smiles as speaks with Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, second left, as her Republican colleagues Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, center, and Chuck Grassley of Iowa look on during a Senate Finance Committee hearing regarding health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Snowe says she will vote for a Democratic health care bill, breaking with her party on President Barack Obama's top legislative priority.
  16. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, talks with committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, looks away, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's hearing on health care reform.

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