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Harry Reid: “I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2011
I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on passage of the bill. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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govinfo.gov
Dec 17, 2011

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