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On the recordMarch 11, 2010
I move to concur in the House amendments to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill, and I have a cloture motion at the desk on the motion to concur. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to concur in the House amendments to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2847, the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act. Byron L. Dorgan, Carl Levin, Dianne Feinstein, Jack Reed, Mark R. Warner, Patrick J. Leahy, Benjamin L. Cardin, Debbie Stabenow, Daniel K. Akaka, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Michael F. Bennet, Maria Cantwell, John D. Rockefeller, IV, Barbara Boxer, Charles E. Schumer, Patty Murray, Christopher J. Dodd. Amendment No. 3498
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Dick Durbin
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