Republicans

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National Edition News Cover for October 18, 2013 - Republicans Sens. Mike Lee of Utah (left) and Ted Cruz of Texas walk to the Senate floor to vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling and open the federal government. (Associated Press)

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Republicans Sens. Mike Lee of Utah (left) and Ted Cruz of Texas walk to the Senate floor to vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling and open the federal government. (Associated Press)

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Sens. Lindsey Graham (right) and Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republicans, prepare to watch the CBS News/National Journal foreign policy debate at the Benjamin Johnson Arena in Spartanburg, S.C., on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)

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** FILE ** This Sept. 7, 2012, photo shows U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg talking to supporters in Helena, Mont. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras)

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Lynyrd Skynyrd, with singer Johnny Van Zant and Gary Rossington, appeals to the NASCAR wing that supports the Republican Party. (Associated Press)

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Mary White of Rathdrum, Idaho, shows her support for Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, at a rally at the University of South Florida Sun Dome on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Ted Cruz thanks his wife, Heidi, in front of a cheering crowd after he defeated Republican rival, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, in a runoff election Tuesday for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Kay Bailey Hutchison. (Houston Chronicle/Johnny Hanson via Associated Press)

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This undated image provided by Fotique shows U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., left, and Jim Ready. On Saturday, July 7, 2012, Frank married his longtime partner in a ceremony officiated by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in Newton, Mass. (AP Photo/Fotique, Jaime E. Connolly)

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Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona, accompanied by fellow Republicans Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming (left) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (right), criticizes Democrats on the deadlocked bipartisan payroll-tax conference panel Tuesday at a news conference. (Associated Press)

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, with wife Callista, speaks at a rally on Saturday night, Jan. 21, 2012, in Columbia, S.C., after Mr. Gingrich won the state's GOP presidential primary. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Former Sen. Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Republican, is one of two GOP ex-lawmakers who Monday threw their support behind Mitt Romney, a former governor of neighboring Massachusetts, in his bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nod. (Associated Press)

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UPSET IN OFFING? Polls show GOP nominee Bob Turner could pull an upset Tuesday in a special election in the heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District of New York. (Bobturnerforcongress.com)

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DON'T USE THIS CAPTION 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line. FILE - In this May 13, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, not shown, introduces Rep. Chris Lee, R-N.Y., at Industrial Support Inc., in Buffalo, N.Y. Lee abruptly resigned his seat on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, after a gossip web site reported that Lee, a married two-term Republican lawmaker, had sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman he met on Craigslist. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)