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On the recordDecember 15, 2011
I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will be read the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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