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Rand Paul: I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

On the recordMarch 30, 2011
I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: amendment no. 276 At the appropriate place, insert the following: It is the sense of the Senate, that ``The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation''. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kentucky.
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Rand Paul
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Mar 30, 2011

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