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On the recordMarch 28, 2012
I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until Thursday, March 29, at 9:30 a.m.; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day; that following any leader remarks, the Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 2230, the Paying A Fair Share Act, with the time until 11:30 a.m. equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the majority controlling the first 30 minutes and the Republicans controlling the second 30 minutes; further, that the filing deadline for second-degree amendments to S. 2204, the Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act, be 10:30 a.m. on Thursday; and that at 11:30 a.m., the Senate proceed to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S. 2204. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Mar 28, 2012

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