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On the recordOctober 20, 2005
are there any others? I believe we have now covered all of the amendments we have agreed to accept. I think it is time to go to third reading, and I ask for the yeas and nays on final passage. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on the engrossment of the amendments and third reading of the bill. The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill, as amended, pass? The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. The following Senators were necessarily absent: The Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu).
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Julian Bond
Alabama
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