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On the recordApril 8, 2011
I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 783) to provide an extension of time for filing individual income tax returns in the case of a Federal Government shutdown.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Apr 8, 2011

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