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Dick Durbin: “If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent it adjourn under the previous order.…”

On the recordMarch 6, 2013
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 12:41 a.m., adjourned until Thursday, March 7, 2013, at 10 a.m.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Mar 6, 2013

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