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On the recordMay 24, 2011
I now ask for a second reading and, in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will receive its second reading on the next legislative day. ____________________
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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May 24, 2011

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