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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. , reacts during a news conference on the first day of the California Democrats State Convention Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in San Diego. The annual convention continues through Feb. 12.

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U.S. President Barack Obama puts his hands out to high-five students from Medina Elementary School in Washington state February 17, 2012. Obama, attending Democratic Party fund-raisers, stopped his motorcade outside the school and met the students.

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U.S. President Barack Obama greets students from Medina Elementary School in Washington state February 17, 2012. Obama is attending Democratic Party fund-raisers before returning to Washington.

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U.S. President Barack Obama steps out of Marine One in Kirkland, Washington February 17, 2012. Obama is attending Democratic Party fundraisers in the Seattle area before returning to Washington.

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Kansas House Elections Committee Chairman Scott Schwab, right, an Olathe Republican, confers with Rep. Ann Mah, of Topeka, left, the committee's ranking Democrat, after a meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The committee has endorsed a bill to require new...

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US President Barack Obama's motorcade drives through the streets of San Francisco, California, February 16, 2012, en route to a Democrat campaign fundraiser.

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Sen. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. , one of the negotiators on the payroll tax conference committee, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. , gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, criticizing Democrats on the bi-partisan...

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Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz. , center, accompanied by Sen. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. , left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. , criticizes Democrats on the deadlocked bi-partisan payroll tax confrence panel, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: Members of the Senate Democratic leadership, (L-R) Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), speak about the possibility of a payroll tax cut extension during a press conference at the...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) listens as Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks about the possibility of a payroll tax cut extension during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol February 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. Senate Republicans and Democrats are nearing...

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Kansas state Rep. Jim Ward, a Wichita Democrat, asks a question during a hearing on Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to overhaul the state's Medicaid program during a House Health and Human Services Committee hearing, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Topeka, Kan.

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House Democrats from left, Rep. Simone Bell, D-Atlanta, State Rep. Rashad Taylor, D-Atlanta, Rep. Roger Bruce, D-Atlanta, and Lynmore James, D - Montezuma, hold a public hearing to talk about repealing a new law cracking down on illegal immigrants in Georgia Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at the...

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is greeted by a woman who said she was a Democrat after speaking at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado February 6, 2012. The Colorado caucuses take place February 7, 2012.

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) February 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. The four Republican senators met to discuss four bipartisan jobs bills passed by the House that they say are being blocked by the Senate Democrat leadership in the Senate.

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) (L) and U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) leave the podium following a news conference at the U.S. Capitol February 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. The four Republican senators met to discuss four bipartisan jobs bills passed by the...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol February 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. The four Republican senators met to discuss four bipartisan jobs bills passed by the House that they say are being blocked by the Senate...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) (C) speaks as U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) (L) and U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol February 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. The four Republican senators met to discuss four...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD), and U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) hold a news conference at the U.S. Capitol February 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. The four Republican senators met to...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) leaves a news conference at the U.S. Capitol February 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. The four Republican senators met to discuss four bipartisan jobs bills passed by the House that they say are being blocked by the Senate Democrat...

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House Energy and Power subcommittee Chairman Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky. , left, accompanied by the subcommittee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill. , speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, during the subcommittee's hearing on American Jobs Now: A legislative hearing...

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Mike Tate, chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, talks Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in Madison, Wis. , about the petitions United Wisconsin will turn into the General Accounting Board offices Wednesday to force a recall election for Gov. Scott Walker. United Wisconsin collected about 1...

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House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. John Mica, R-Fla. , left, and the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Nick Rahall D-W.Va. , listen during the committee's markup hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.

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Ken Mertas, Chairman of the Menona County Democrats looks up caucus results Tuesday Jan 3, 2012 in Onawa, Iowa. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum are running neck and neck in the Iowa caucuses.

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State Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles, left, and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacamento, talk after the end of the Senate session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Lawmakers reconvened briefly the day after Democrats completed their state...

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DES MOINES, IA - DECEMBER 29: Norm Sterzenbach (L), executive director of the Iowa Democratic Party, and Sue Dvorksy (C), chairwoman of the Iowa Democratic Party, talk with protestors affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement outside the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters on...