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On the recordDecember 20, 2013
I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been 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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Dec 20, 2013

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