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On the recordDecember 11, 2014
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 4094) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') The amendment was ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time. The bill (H.R. 2640), as amended, was passed. ____________________
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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