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Jeff Merkley: “If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous…”

On the recordDecember 19, 2012
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 10:21 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, December 20, 2012, at 11 a.m.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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Dec 19, 2012

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