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A portrait of Associated Press reporter Dick Pettys, who covered Georgia politics for decades, is displayed from the Senate floor as his son Beaux, right, hugs artist Dick Yarbrough after thanking legislators on Monday, March 10, 2014, in Atlanta. Pettys died in October 2012 at age 66. The portrait painted by Dick Yarbrough was presented Monday in the Senate chamber. (AP Photo/David Tulis)
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A portrait of Associated Press reporter Dick Pettys, who covered Georgia politics for decades, is unveiled on the Senate floor as his son Beaux, right, thanks legislators and artist Dick Yarbrough Monday, March 10, 2014, in Atlanta. Pettys died in October 2012 at age 66. The portrait painted by Dick Yarbrough was presented Monday in the Senate chamber.(AP Photo/David Tulis)
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Beaux Pettys, right, thanks artist Dick Yarbrough from the Senate well, for painting a portrait of Beaux's father, Associated Press reporter Dick Pettys, who covered Georgia politics for decades, on Monday, March 10, 2014, in Atlanta. Pettys died in October 2012 at age 66. The portrait painted by Dick Yarbrough was presented Monday in the Senate chamber. (AP Photo/David Tulis)
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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2014 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic Senate candidates are gambling they can turn voters against two obscure billionaire brothers who are funding attacks on them and the president’s health care law. Democrats are denouncing Charles and David Koch two of world’s richest people. The pair’s political network is spending millions on TV ads hitting Democrats in North Carolina and several other states. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Kochs are paying huge sums to try to “buy” elections and advance a self-serving agenda of low taxes and less regulation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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In this photo taken Tuesday March 4, 2014, former Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Smith greets voters in Concord, N.H. before announcing his plans to seek his senate seat. If he wins his primary and defeats U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen after being out of office form more than a decade, Smith would become the fourth New Hampshire politician to serve nonconsecutive Senate terms.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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House members wave to their colleagues in the Senate at Sine Die at the Capitol on Friday, March, 7, 2014 in Salem, Ore. (AP Photo/Statesman Journal, Timothy J. Gonzalez)
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Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, speaks to Sen. Ted Ferrioli, D-John Day, on the Senate floor on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at the state Capitol in Salem, Ore. The Oregon Legislature is pushing to adjourn as soon as Friday. (AP Photo/Chad Garland)
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Sen. Rod Monroe, D-Portland, speaks on the Senate floor on Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the state Capitol in Salem, Ore. The Oregon Legislature is pushing to adjourn as soon as Friday. (AP Photo/Chad Garland)
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Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, stands on the Senate floor on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at the state Capitol in Salem, Ore. The Oregon Legislature is pushing to adjourn as soon as Friday. (AP Photo/Chad Garland)
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Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican, answers questions from reporters following a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on religious liberties and gay marriage issues, Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Wagle says the Senate will not take up "religious freedom" legislation this year. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, following a Senate vote on military sexual assaults. The Senate blocked a bill that would have stripped senior military commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses, capping an emotional, nearly yearlong fight over how best to curb sexual assault in the ranks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. pauses while speakig at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, following a Senate vote on military sexual assaults. The Senate blocked a bill that would have stripped senior military commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses, capping an emotional, nearly yearlong fight over how best to curb sexual assault in the ranks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. waits to speak at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, following a Senate vote on military sexual assaults. The Senate blocked a bill that would have stripped senior military commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses, capping an emotional, nearly yearlong fight over how best to curb sexual assault in the ranks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, center, talks with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, during a news conference following a Senate vote on military sexual assaults. The Senate blocked a bill that would have stripped senior military commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses, capping an emotional, nearly yearlong fight over how best to curb sexual assault in the ranks. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. is at left. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, following a Senate vote on military sexual assaults. The Senate blocked a bill that would have stripped senior military commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses, capping an emotional, nearly yearlong fight over how best to curb sexual assault in the ranks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
