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

On the recordJanuary 22, 2013
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:02 p.m., recessed until Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. ____________________
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jan 22, 2013

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