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Jeff Bingaman
@jeffbingaman· Democratic · NM· Apr 25, 2012

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2076. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Bingaman] proposes an amendment numbered 2076.

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Jeff Bingaman
@jeffbingaman· Democratic · NM· Apr 25, 2012

We need to ensure that our electrical grid is resilient and can withstand the impacts of severe weather.

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Jon Kyl
@jonkyl· Republican · AZ· Apr 25, 2012

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 62, nays 37, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

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Jon Kyl
@jonkyl· Republican · AZ· Apr 25, 2012

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Klobuchar). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 46, nays 53, as follows…

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Jon Kyl
@jonkyl· Republican · AZ· Apr 25, 2012

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 44, nays 54, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

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Jon Kyl
@jonkyl· Republican · AZ· Apr 25, 2012

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 23, nays 76, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

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Jon Kyl
@jonkyl· Republican · AZ· Apr 25, 2012

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 35, nays 64, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

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Jon Kyl
@jonkyl· Republican · AZ· Apr 25, 2012

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk).

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Kent Conrad
@kentconrad· Democratic · ND· Apr 25, 2012

Mr. President, today I am pleased to be joined by Senator Crapo in introducing the 21st Century Language Act of 2012. This bipartisan legislation updates federal law by eliminating references that contribute to the stigmatization of mental…

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Kay Bailey Hutchison
@kaybaileyhutchison· Republican · TX· Apr 25, 2012

Mr. President, I rise to talk about the Violence Against Women Act. Senator Leahy, the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has a bill that has many good parts, and I was listening to the things he said about it and agree…

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Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· Apr 25, 2012

Madam President, there are a number of issues we are trying to resolve and we are going to try to do that as quickly as possible and notify the Senate as to what is going to happen next. At this stage, I don't know, but we are working on…

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Apr 25, 2012

Congratulations to @MittRomney on Tuesday night's sweep. He also delivered a 'Killer Speech' http://t.co/AkPU4De6

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Apr 25, 2012

I think that we are pretty good at working with opposition groups, as well we should be, in many parts of the world in order to help create a better understanding of democratic systems.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Apr 25, 2012

I think that the two most important factors right now from my own personal point of view would be to get as many people from the international community to interact with the average citizen on the street in a positive way...

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Apr 25, 2012

Right. So they could be separated out if an Executive decision were made on these other areas you're talking about.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Apr 25, 2012

I'm never going to be Cal Ripken anyway in terms of consecutive votes, so I guess if I'm going to miss one this is a good reason to be missing it.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Apr 25, 2012

The subcommittee will come to order. This afternoon the East Asia and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee will examine U.S. policy toward Burma.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Apr 25, 2012

I understand the administration's present policy.

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