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Dick Durbin: “If there is no objection on the other side, I renew that unanimous consent that we move immediately to consideration of…”

On the recordApril 5, 2006
If there is no objection on the other side, I renew that unanimous consent that we move immediately to consideration of Mikulski-Warner, 3217; Collins, 3211; Dorgan, 3223; Isakson, 3203, with 2 minutes of debate evenly divided before each vote, and that we start taking those up immediately. I ask unanimous consent to move forward.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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