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Harry Reid: “I would now suggest the absence of a quorum and have the time divided equally between both sides. The ACTING PRESIDENT…”

On the recordMarch 31, 2014
I would now suggest the absence of a quorum and have the time divided equally between both sides. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Mar 31, 2014

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