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On the recordApril 17, 2012
I have a cloture motion 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 assistant 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 S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act. Harry Reid, Joseph I. Lieberman, Sherrod Brown, Debbie Stabenow, Thomas R. Carper, Bernard Sanders, Jeanne Shaheen, Bill Nelson, Christopher A. Coons, Sheldon Whitehouse, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Charles E. Schumer, Jack Reed, John F. Kerry, Daniel K. Inouye, Richard Blumenthal.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Apr 17, 2012

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