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On the recordNovember 30, 2011
I ask for the second reading and object to my own request en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the measures will be read for a second time on the next legislative day. S.J. Res. 32
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Nov 30, 2011

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