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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., walks from his Senate office as Congress returns from the August recess to face work on immigration, the debt limit, funding the government, and help for victims of Hurricane Harvey, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.  Earlier, McCain declared President Donald Trump’s decision to phase out an Obama administration program that has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants “the wrong approach” at a time when Republicans and Democrats need to work together.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., walks from his Senate office as Congress returns from the August recess to face work on immigration, the debt limit, funding the government, and help for victims of Hurricane Harvey, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.  Earlier, McCain declared President Donald Trump’s decision to phase out an Obama administration program that has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants “the wrong approach” at a time when Republicans and Democrats need to work together.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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As viewed through a fisheye lens, Stephanie Rolf, a teacher in the Douglas County, Colo., school system, leads a cheer during a teacher rally Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Denver. More than 10,000 teachers in Colorado are expected to demonstrate as part of a burgeoning teacher uprising from the East to the interior West that is demanding more tax dollars be spent in public schools. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) As viewed through a fisheye lens, Stephanie Rolf, a teacher in the Douglas County, Colo., school system, leads a cheer during a teacher rally Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Denver. More than 10,000 teachers in Colorado are expected to demonstrate as part of a burgeoning teacher uprising from the East to the interior West that is demanding more tax dollars be spent in public schools. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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DETROIT, MI - MAY 3: Barbara Maxwell of Novi, Michigan, a teacher at Detroit's Earhart Elementary Middle School, participates in a Detroit teachers sick-out, the second in the past two days, and protests in front of Detroit Public Schools headquarters,   May 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. The sick-out forced the closing of 94 of 97 Detroit school districts today. The teachers are looking for a guarantee that they will be paid for the work they perform.  (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) ***  *** DETROIT, MI - MAY 3: Barbara Maxwell of Novi, Michigan, a teacher at Detroit's Earhart Elementary Middle School, participates in a Detroit teachers sick-out, the second in the past two days, and protests in front of Detroit Public Schools headquarters,   May 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. The sick-out forced the closing of 94 of 97 Detroit school districts today. The teachers are looking for a guarantee that they will be paid for the work they perform.  (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) ***  ***
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DETROIT, MI - MAY 3: Barbara Maxwell of Novi, Michigan, a teacher at Detroit's Earhart Elementary Middle School, participates in a Detroit teachers sick-out, the second in the past two days, and protests in front of Detroit Public Schools headquarters,   May 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. The sick-out forced the closing of 94 of 97 Detroit school districts today. The teachers are looking for a guarantee that they will be paid for the work they perform.  (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) ***  *** DETROIT, MI - MAY 3: Barbara Maxwell of Novi, Michigan, a teacher at Detroit's Earhart Elementary Middle School, participates in a Detroit teachers sick-out, the second in the past two days, and protests in front of Detroit Public Schools headquarters,   May 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. The sick-out forced the closing of 94 of 97 Detroit school districts today. The teachers are looking for a guarantee that they will be paid for the work they perform.  (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) ***  ***
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - APRIL 04: Thousands gathered and marched in a pitcket line outside the Oklahoma state Capitol building during the third day of a statewide education walkout on April 4, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Teachers and their supporters are demanding increased school funding and pay raises for school workers. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images) OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - APRIL 04: Thousands gathered and marched in a pitcket line outside the Oklahoma state Capitol building during the third day of a statewide education walkout on April 4, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Teachers and their supporters are demanding increased school funding and pay raises for school workers. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)
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