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On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
I am told there are two bills at the desk for their first reading. I ask we consider those en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the titles of the bills en bloc for the first time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 162) to cut $500,000,000,000 in spending in fiscal year 2011. A bill (S. 163) to require that the Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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