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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 7, 2011
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 6:03 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, December 8, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. 
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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Dec 7, 2011

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