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

On the recordJanuary 29, 2014
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 6:24 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, January 30, 2014, at 10 a.m.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Jan 29, 2014

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