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On the recordJanuary 12, 2017
I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Duly noted. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall it pass? Mr. McCONNELL. I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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Jan 12, 2017

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