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On the recordMay 14, 2013
following leader remarks the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 11 a.m. this morning. The majority will control the first half, the Republicans the final half. Following morning business the Senate will resume consideration of S. 601, the Water Resources Development Act. Order of Procedure I ask unanimous consent that the full time, the full 1 hour, be given to the Democrats, their half hour, and the Republicans, their half- hour, and if the vote has to come a little later, we just need to get that out of the way before our caucuses. And we could probably terminate that at noon. That will be fine. So I ask unanimous consent that the Democrats have their full half hour and the Republicans their full half hour. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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May 14, 2013

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