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FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2014 file photo, tax form 8962 is seen in Washington. If you haven’t signed up for health insurance this year, you may be getting a nudge from the taxman. The IRS is sending personalized letters to millions of uninsured taxpayers that they’re potentially on the hook for hundreds of dollars in fines. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, and his wife Mercedes Schlapp, a columnist and Fox News contributor.
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FILE - This Dec. 21, 2016, file booking photo provided by the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Des Moines, Iowa, shows Susan Ackerman, a former administrative law judge for Iowa Workforce Development. A court ruling issued Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, upheld the firing of Ackerman who helped expose improper political pressure in Gov. Terry Branstad's administration, saying she lied to get her adult daughter state-funded health insurance. (Polk County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
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Nick Stafford fills 1 of 5 wheelbarrows full of change, mostly pennies, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, at the DMV in Lebanon, Va. Stafford was paying the sales tax on two cars that he was titling. Stafford had paid $165 to file three lawsuits in Russell County General District Court: two against specific employees at the Lebanon DMV and one against the DMV itself., which means he spent $1,005 to get 10 phone numbers and the satisfaction of delivering 300,000 pennies. Not to mention the nearly $3,000 he paid the DMV for the cars. (David Criggeru/The Bristol Herald-Courier via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JAN. 14, 2017 AND THEREAFTER -This Dec. 15, 2016 photo shows McHenry County College's Young-Adult Student Success Program graduate Jonathan Sandoval while he practices welding techniques at the welding center in Woodstock, Ill. The program that helps 18-24 year-olds become self-sufficient with higher-paying occupations in manufacturing and healthcare is made possible by a $100,000 grant last year from the McHenry County Workforce Network and was renewed for a second year this year. (H. Rick Bamman/Northwest Herald via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JAN. 14, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 15, 2016 file photo McHenry County College's Young-Adult Student Success Program graduate Jonathan Sandoval demonstrates welding techniques at the welding center in Woodstock, Ill. The program helps 18-24 year-olds become self-sufficient with higher-paying occupations in manufacturing and healthcare. The program is made possible by a $100,000 grant last year from the McHenry County Workforce Network and was renewed for a second year this year. (H. Rick Bamman/Northwest Herald via AP)
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Members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee listened as Kansas Public Employees Retirement Systemexecutive director Alan Conroy, gave them a KPERS update and overview Thursday, Jan, 12, 2017, at the Capitol in Topeka. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
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Kansas Public Employees Retirement System executive director Alan Conroy, gives members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee a KPERS update and overview ThursdayThursday, Jan, 12, 2017, at the Capitol in Topeka. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
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FILE - In this Wednesday Dec. 21, 2016, file photo, Miracle Stewart, right, an employee of Amazon PrimeNow, prepares bags to fill with orders from customers making purchases, at a distribution hub in New York. Amazon said Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, that it plans to hire 100,000 people across the U.S. over the next 18 months. The online retailer says they are full-time jobs that come with benefits. Many of the jobs will be at new fulfillment centers being built in several states, including California, Florida and Texas. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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About 50 fast food workers protest the nomination of former Hardees CEO Andrew Puzder to lead the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, outside the current headquarters of the fast food chain in downtown St. Louis. Fast food workers claim Puzder is unfit for the position because of his policies toward employees as Hardees boss. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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FILE - This Jan. 7, 2017 file photo shows director Ava DuVernay at the 2017 Film Independent Filmmaker Grant and Spirit Award Nominees Brunch in West Hollywood, Calif. A new study finds that just 7 percent of the 250 highest-grossing films of 2016 were directed by women. In recent years, gender inequality in Hollywood has drawn increased scrutiny, including an ongoing investigation by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
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Employees leave on East Highway Street in front of McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing after a possible explosion Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Dodge Center, Minn. (Andrew Link/Rochester Post Bulletin via AP)
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Law enforcement surround the Alabama Credit Union on reports of a hostage standoff in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman, told al.com that a gunman entered the building and took the employees inside hostage. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com via AP)
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Law enforcement surround the Alabama Credit Union on reports of a hostage standoff in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman, told al.com that a gunman entered the building and took the employees inside hostage. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com via AP)
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Law enforcement respond to the Alabama Credit Union on reports of a hostage standoff in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman, told al.com that a gunman entered the building and took the employees inside hostage. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com via AP)
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Law enforcement respond to the Alabama Credit Union on reports of a hostage standoff in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman, told al.com that a gunman entered the building and took the employees inside hostage. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com via AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2016 file photo, the HealthCare.gov 2017 web site home page as seen in Washington. The Obama administration says 11.5 million people have enrolled for coverage under the president's health care law as of Dec. 24. That's about 290,000 more sign-ups than last year at the same time, despite the Republican vow to repeal "Obamacare." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this Oct. 24, 2016, file photo, the HealthCare.gov 2017 web site home page as seen in Washington. On Jan. 20, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order that takes aim at the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, which requires Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty to the government at tax time. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**
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Adjustable Tax, AMerica Working Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2016 file photo, the HealthCare.gov web site home page is seen on a laptop in Washington. President Barack Obama’s health law is in jeopardy, but his health care legacy is certain to endure. That’s because of broad public support for many of the underlying principles _ along with lasting conflicts over how to secure those principles. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
