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Dick Durbin: “I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2023
I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard. The bill will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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govinfo.gov
Jan 31, 2023

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