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On the recordDecember 19, 2012
I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 618 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 618) observing the 100th birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks and commemorating her legacy. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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Dec 19, 2012

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