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On the recordDecember 19, 2012
I have a cloture motion to the substitute at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the substitute amendment No. 3395 to H.R. 1, an act making appropriations for the Department of Defense and other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Benjamin L. Cardin, Mark Begich, Joe Manchin III, Tom Harkin, Jeff Bingaman, Mary Landrieu, Christopher A. Coons, Amy Klobuchar, Bill Nelson, Debbie Stabenow, Jack Reed, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Tom Udall, Bernard Sanders, Sheldon Whitehouse. Amendment No. 3398
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Harry Reid
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Dec 19, 2012

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