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On the recordSeptember 8, 2015
I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I also want to propound the following request. I ask unanimous consent that if cloture is invoked on the substitute amendment to H.J. Res. 61, the amendment be agreed to, the joint resolution, as amended, be read a third time, and there be 4 hours of debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, and that following the use or yielding back of time, the Senate vote on passage of the resolution, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Sep 8, 2015

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