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On the recordDecember 17, 2021
I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Beckering nomination? Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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