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On the recordJuly 21, 2011
I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 87, and the Senate proceed to its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 87) designating the year of 2012 as the ``International Year of Cooperatives.'' There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Jul 21, 2011

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