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Barbara Boxer: “I ask my friend to withdraw the request. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator withdraw his request for a…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2012
I ask my friend to withdraw the request. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator withdraw his request for a quorum call?
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California
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Mar 14, 2012

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