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On the recordSeptember 20, 2005
on behalf of Senator Inouye, Senator Feinstein, and others, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin], for Mr. Inouye, for himself, Mr. Akaka, and Mrs. Feinstein, proposes an amendment numbered 1748.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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