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Congressional staffer Kathleen Llewellyn(C) hands out copies of US President Barack Obama's FY2013 Budget after it was delivered to Congress February 13, 2012 on Capitol HIll in Washington, DC. Republicans will use Obama's budget, for fiscal year 2013, as ammunition for their argument...

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US President Barack Obama shakes hands with guests after speaking about urging Congress to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, February 14, 2012.

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President Barack Obama walks towards the podium to speak to continue to push Congress to act to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of the year, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in the Old Executive Office building on the White House complex in Washington.

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Staffer Kathleen Llewellyn(C) places copies of US President Barack Obama's FY2013 Budget on the table in the Senate Budget Committee hearing room after it was delivered to Congress February 13, 2012 on Capitol HIll in Washington, DC. Republicans will use Obama's budget, for fiscal year...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 17: House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) (2nd-R) walks through the U.S. Capitol Building, on February 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Today the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate voted to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits.

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 17: House Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (R) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) walk through the U.S. Capitol Building, on February 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Today the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate voted to extend the payroll tax cut and...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 17: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) walks back to his office followed by reporters after the Senate passed the payroll tax cut extension February 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan bill will extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment...

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Members of the 112th Congress' freshman class, from left, Rep. Jeff Landry, R-La. , Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan. , Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill. , Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C. , Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kansas, Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla. , and Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C. ,...

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, greets other dignitaries upon his arrival at Paine Field, in Everett, Wash. , Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Obama is outlining new steps to boost U.S. exports during a tour to a Boeing assembly plant in Everett, calling on...

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School children run past military personnel at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Lima on April 22, 1992 as heavy security has been deployed around the hotel where a delegation of the Organization of American States has been meeting with leaders of the Peruvian congress, the judiciary and...

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses the media after meeting with Wu Banguo (not pictured), Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 9, 2012. Canada -- heavily reliant on the United States to buy its exports...

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Anti-Fujimori demonstrators beat a pro-Fujimori demonstrator in downtown Lima on April 21, 1992 as clashes broke out between supporters and detractors of President Alberto Fujimori's military-backed coup in front of the Sheraton Hotel where an Organization of the American States (OAS)...

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Anti-Fujimori demonstrators run away from water cannons sprayed by police to break up clashes between supporters and detractors of President Alberto Fujimori during a march in front of the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Lima on April 21, 1992 where an Organization of the American States (OAS)...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with participants speaking about a payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance February 14, 2012 at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House in Washington, DC. ...

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A member of the American Revolutionary Popular Alliance opposition party waves a Peruvian flag in front of soldiers on April 18, 1992 in Lima. Party members were demanding the return of their party's headquarters occupied by the military on April 05, 1992, the day President Alberto...

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National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Director Malia Villegas presents statistics of Native American and Alaska native population, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington.

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Peruvian soldiers carry a makeshift barricade marked 'death to the dictator' after dispersing hundreds of members of the American Revolutionary Popular Alliance opposition party, on April 18, 1992 in Lima. Party members were demanding the return of their party's headquarters occupied by...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about a payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance February 14, 2012 at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama called on the Congress to extend...

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US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on 'The President's Budget for FY2013' at the Senate Dirksen Office Building in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2012. Geithner urged Congress to do more to help the nation's ranks of unemployed...

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: U.S. President Barack Obama greets members of Congress after delivering his State of the Union address on January 24, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama said the focal point his speech is the central mission of our country, and his central focus as president,...

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US President Barack Obama hugs retiring Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords as the president arrives to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on January 24, 2012 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. On January 8, 2011, Giffords was a victim of a shooting near...

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden greets members of Congress as he arrives prior to the start of U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on January 24, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama said the focal point his speech is the central mission of...

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Members of Congress read along as President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012.

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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. , arrives as members of Congress applaud before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address in front of a joint session of Congress Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at the Capitol in Washington.

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: (L to R) U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-CT) participate in a during a news conference on Congressional insider trading, on January...