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Dick Durbin: “I call up the Coons amendment No. 1955 to the Schumer amendment No. 1958. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2018
I call up the Coons amendment No. 1955 to the Schumer amendment No. 1958. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin], for Mr. Coons, proposes an amendment numbered 1955 to amendment No. 1958.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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govinfo.gov
Feb 14, 2018

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