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On the recordDecember 12, 2011
I now ask for a second reading and, in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Dec 12, 2011

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