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Protesters carry a coffin during a mock funeral procession for the 1300 people organizers claim would die if Medicaid was not expanded, during the first day of the South Carolina Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. Taking a page from North Carolina's Moral Mondays, the state NAACP and other opponents of recent legislative actions not to expand Medicaid and approve more stringent voter id requirements held the first of what they call Truthful Tuesdays. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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Rep. Mike Anthony, D-Union, looks on from his desk in the House chamber during the first day of the South Carolina Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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Rep. Bill Chumley, R-Spartanburg, speaks during a protest outside the statehouse on the first day of the South Carolina Legislature, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. People who want lawmakers to pass a bill preventing the implementation of some of the new federal health care law protested in the rain. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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Rep. Bill Chumley, R-Spartanburg, points as he speaks to a fellow legislator during the first day of the South Carolina Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell presides over the Senate during the first day of the South Carolina Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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House Majority Leader Bruce Bannister, R-Greenville, right, speaks to Rep. Eric Bedingfield, R-Greenville, during the first day of the South Carolina Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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Dan Hamilton, R-Greenville, speaks to a fellow legislator during the first day of the South Carolina Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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David Wilkins, former House speaker and former U.S. ambassador to Canada, looks on during the first day of the South Carolina Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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Protesters carry a coffin during a mock funeral procession for the 1300 people organizers claim would die if Medicaid was not expanded, during the first day of the South Carolina Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. Taking a page from North Carolina's Moral Mondays, the state NAACP and other opponents of recent legislative actions not to expand Medicaid and approve more stringent voter id requirements held the first of what they call Truthful Tuesdays. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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Paul Anderko, of Rock Hill, S.C., holds a sign during a protest outside the statehouse on the first day of the South Carolina Legislature, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. State's rights supporters of the concept of nullification called on South Carolina to reject what they see as federal intrusions into the state, such as the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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Rep. Kenny Bingham, R-Cayce, looks on in the House chambers during the first day of the South Carolina Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, followed by his wife Cathy Harrell, walks away following a news conference on the first day of the South Carolina Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. It was announced on Monday that a State Grand Jury would look into ethics complaints against the speaker. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, addresses the House chamber during the first day of the South Carolina Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
