I call up my amendment which is at the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oregon [Mr. Merkley] proposes an amendment numbered 3435.
Jeff Merkley: “I call up my amendment which is at the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The bill clerk…”
On the recordDecember 27, 2012
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