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On the recordMarch 27, 2014
I am hopeful and confident the next two votes will be by voice. We expect to have the next vote around 1:45 p.m. today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the engrossment of the amendment and third reading of the bill. The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall it pass? The bill (H.R. 4152), as amended, was passed. ____________________
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Mar 27, 2014

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