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Joni Ernst: “I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2018
I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa
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Sep 27, 2018

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