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Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. , right, accompanied by Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2009.

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  1. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Sen. John Thune (R-SD) (L) delivers remarks during a news conference about health care reform with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) at the U.S. Capitol November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Republican senators accused the Obama Administration of rationing health care after a panel of doctors announced that women should begin getting regular mammogram at age 50 instead of 40.
  2. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, accompanied by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz., right, lifts copy of the Democratic health care reform bill, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (R) is questioned by Senate Minority Whip Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) (L) during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the 'Oversight of the Department of Justice.'
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Senate minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) (C) joins other Republican leaders for a news conference after their policy luncheon in the U.S. Captiol October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. Republicans voiced their opposition to the Senate Democrats' position on including a 'public option' in its version of the health care reform legislation.
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Republican Senate Finance Committee members Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L), ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) (2nd L) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) (R) joke that they must stand next to Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) if they want their photographs taken before the committee is set to vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe has not tipped her hand about which way she will vote on the groundbreaking legislation but some believe she may be the only Republican to vote for the bill.
  6. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (R) speaks as, counter-clockwise from top, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) listen during a mark up hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
  7. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (2nd R) makes remarks during a mark up session on the health care reform legislation with (L-R) Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) on Capitol Hill September 22, 2009 in Washington, DC. Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) has been working closely with a handful of Republican and Democratic senators, including Snowe, to reach a compromise in the legislation but has yet to reach a bill that the opposing sides can agree on.

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  1. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) speaks during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
  2. Senate Minority Whip Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. listens at right as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009.
  3. Senate Minority Whip Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, speaks as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009.
  4. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., second from left, gestures during a news confernece on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. From left are, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., McConnell, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
  5. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, accompanied by fellow Republican Senators, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. From second from left are, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., McConnell, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
  6. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, accompanied by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Lamar Alexander R-Tenn., points to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada's office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, as he speaks about health care reform legislation.
  7. Senate Finance Committee members, from left, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. and Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky. and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho take part in the committee's continued markup on health care legislation, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  8. Senate Finance Committee members Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky. are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 24,2009, as the committee continued their markup on health care legislation.
  9. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) participates in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the recent attack at Fort Hood that left 13 people killed and 30 wounded.
  10. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) participates in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the recent attack at Fort Hood that left 13 people killed and 30 wounded.
  11. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, during the committee's hearing on an assessment of the Fort Hood deaths.
  12. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (L) thanks Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (C) for voting in favor of health care reform legislation as committee Republicans Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (2nd L) and Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) (R) watch, on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe expressed reservations for the groundbreaking legislation but said that her vote was to move the process forward.'But when history calls, history calls and I happen to think that the consequences of inaction dictate the urgency of Congress to demonstrate its capacity to solve the monumental issues of our time,' she said.
  13. FILE - This Oct. 13, 2009 file photo shows Senate Finance Committee member Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. on Capitol Hill in Washington during the committee's hearing regarding health care reform. Ensign, dogged by ethics allegations and questions about an extramarital affair with a former aide, has vowed not to resign. But if Nevada's junior senator were to leave office, voluntarily or otherwise, the timing of his departure could set up a dizzying candidate shuffle and help determine Republican chances of retaining the seat.
  14. Senate Finance Committee member Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, during the committee's hearing regarding health care reform.
  15. Senate Finance Committee member Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., right, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, during the committee's hearing on health care reform. Fellow committee member Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. looks on at left.
  16. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, before attending the weekly policy luncheons. Ensign said Tuesday that he complied with Senate ethics rules and the law when he arranged a "soft landing" as a lobbyist for his former chief of staff, Doug Hampton _ and later made calls on behalf of companies Hampton represented.

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