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Mandatory Voting? - While speaking to a civic group in Cleveland on March 19, the president spoke about the transformative power of mandatory voting. "If everybody voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country," Obama said, adding that universal voting would "counteract money more than anything." (Photo: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Second Chances - A bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers and Sen. Ben Cardin in their respective chambers would restore voting rights for ex-felons who've been released from prison and enable them to participate in federal elections. "Just as poll taxes and literacy tests prevented an entire class of citizens, namely African- Americans, from integrating into society after centuries of slavery, ex-offender disenfranchisement laws prevent people from reintegrating into society after they have paid their debt by serving time in prison," Conyers said in a statement. The measure would not apply to state elections. (Photo: Erika Kyte/Getty Images)
GOP Budget Time - Both the House and the Senate introduced their budgets on March 19 and both blueprints call for more than $5 trillion in deficit reduction over the next 10 years. Much of it would come from repealing the Affordable Care Act and reducing funding for social programs like welfare and food stamps. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
There Was No Crash? - Secret Service director Joseph Clancy, testifying before Senate and House committees disabused news reports that two agents had crashed into the White House after a night out on the town. “Previous reports of a crash are inaccurate — there was no crash,” he said. “The video shows the vehicle entering the White House complex at a speed of approximately one to two miles per hour, and pushing aside a plastic barrel. There was no damage to the vehicle.” Suspicious minds may have to take his word for it because the relevant videotape has been either erased or automatically overwritten. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)/content/dam/betcom/images/2013/06/Politics/061113-politics-b-todd-jones-atf-nomination-hearing.jpg

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Second Chances - A bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers and Sen. Ben Cardin in their respective chambers would restore voting rights for ex-felons who've been released from prison and enable them to participate in federal elections. "Just as poll taxes and literacy tests prevented an entire class of citizens, namely African- Americans, from integrating into society after centuries of slavery, ex-offender disenfranchisement laws prevent people from reintegrating into society after they have paid their debt by serving time in prison," Conyers said in a statement. The measure would not apply to state elections. (Photo: Erika Kyte/Getty Images)

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