I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 511, H.J. Res. 117, which is the continuing resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows. A resolution (H.J. Res. 117) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes. Cloture Motion
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