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On the recordMarch 14, 2013
This is a second-degree amendment to the Toomey amendment numbered 115. I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Mar 14, 2013

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