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After finishing second in this week's primary, lawyer Sandra Fluke will appear on the ballot next fall as a candidate for California state Senate. (Associated Press)
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National Edition News cover for June 4, 2014 - First Amendment at center of Senate fight on campaign cash: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), right, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-Ky.), left, testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Examining a Constitutional Amendment to Restore Democracy to the American People" focusing on campaign finance on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, June 3, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** In this Sept. 25, 2013, file photo, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, leaves the Senate building. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)'
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FILE – This Feb. 20, 2014, file photo shows Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., standing in defeat after a divided Senate derailed Democratic legislation providing $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation's veterans, as the bill fell victim to election-year disputes over spending and whether to slap sanctions on Iran on Capitol Hill in Washingtons. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, shown at a Senate hearing in Washington, D.C. in 1934, advocated curbing reproduction of "undesirables" among "dysgenic groups." (AP Photo)
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Illinois state Sen. Kirk Dillard, R-Westmont, leaves the Senate chambers at the state Capitol Friday, May 30, 2014, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy handed out research grants with a third of them going to universities in Colorado, where Mr. Udall is in a tough battle to win re-election to the Senate and has been a major proponent of the environment.
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Illinois Sen. Michael Noland, D-Elgin, argues legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Illinois Sen. Michael Frerichs, D-Champaign, speaks to reporters outside the Senate chambers at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Illinois Sen. Dan Kotowski, D-Park Ridge, argues legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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A stairway leading to the House and Senate chambers gets little use while lawmakers are stuck in session at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Illinois Sen. Iris Martinez, D-Chicago, watches the vote tote board while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Illinois Sen. Iris Martinez, D-Chicago, argues legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, watches as the votes are posted for his measure that would tie California's corporate tax rate to executive compensation during the Senate session in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 28, 2014. DeSaulnier's bill, SB1173 fell short of majority support on a 19-16 vote and was placed on call.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Sen. Steve Knight, R-Palmdale urges lawmakers to reject a measure that he called un-American, that would tie California's corporate tax rate to executive compensation during the Senate session in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The bill, SB1173 by Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord and Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, fall short of majority support at 19-16 and has been put on call.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Jack Donahue, R-Mandeville, describes the nearly $25 billion budget proposed for next year to senators on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate approved a nearly $25 billion budget to finance state government operations and services next year. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Sen. Greg Tarver, D-Shreveport, center, talks to Sens. Norby Chabert, R-Houma, left, and Robert Adley, R-Benton, right, during the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate approved a nearly $25 billion budget to finance state government operations and services next year. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
