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Jack Reed: “I send to the desk a privileged concurrent resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2012
I send to the desk a privileged concurrent resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows: H. Con. Res. 96 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the two Houses of Congress assemble in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 9 p.m., for the purpose of receiving such communication as the President of the United States shall be pleased to make to them. The concurrent resolution was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ____________________
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Jan 18, 2012

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