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On the recordJune 10, 2010
I ask unanimous consent that on Tuesday, June 15, at 11:30 a.m., the Senate proceed to executive session and debate concurrently the following nominations on the Executive Calendar for a total of 20 minutes, with the time equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Sessions or their designees: Calendar No. 732, Tanya Pratt; Calendar No. 775, Brian Jackson; and Calendar No. 776, Elizabeth Foote; that upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate proceed to vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order listed, and that after the first vote, the succeeding votes be limited to 10 minutes each; that upon confirmation, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate then resume legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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