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

On the recordSeptember 6, 2011
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the provisions of S. Res. 257 as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Senator Mark O. Hatfield, of Oregon. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:53 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, September 7, 2011, at 10 a.m. ____________________
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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govinfo.gov
Sep 6, 2011

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