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On the recordJanuary 12, 2010
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that if a veto message on House Joint Resolution 64 is laid before the House on this legislative day, then after the message is read and the objections of the President are spread at large upon the Journal, further consideration of the veto message and the joint resolution shall be postponed until the legislative day of Wednesday, January 13, 2010; and that on that legislative day, the House shall proceed to the constitutional question of reconsideration and dispose of such question without intervening motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Maryland? There was no objection. ____________________
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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