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Democratic presidential hopefuls New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Washington Governor Jay Inslee and former Maryland Rep. John Delaney participate in the first Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season in Miami, Florida, June 26, 2019. (Getty/)

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Hundreds of federal workers and contractors rally against the partial federal government shutdown outside the headquarters of the AFL-CIO January 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

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A sign is posted in front of a McDonald's restaurant on March 12, 2013 in Mill Valley, California (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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United States Steel's Edgar Thomson works (AP/Gene J. Puskar)

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FILE - In this March 10, 2006 file photo, Ohio coal miners head into the mine for a shift inside the Hopedale Mine near Cadiz, Ohio. An election-year bill that would protect health-care and pension benefits for more than 100,000 retired coal miners is dividing coal-state Republicans. Thousands of miners are expected to gather at the Capitol to push for the measure, which they describe as life-saving and fulfilling a promise the government made in 1946. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File) (AP)

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