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Chris Coons: “I now ask for a second reading en bloc, and I object to my own request en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore.…”

On the recordAugust 5, 2014
I now ask for a second reading en bloc, and I object to my own request en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bills will be read the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware
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Aug 5, 2014

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