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Dick Durbin: “I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient…”

On the recordNovember 1, 2011
I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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govinfo.gov
Nov 1, 2011

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