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On the recordMarch 5, 2014
I ask unanimous consent that all time remaining be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is yielded back. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the nomination of Pedro A. Delgado Hernandez, of Puerto Rico, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays were previously ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Mar 5, 2014

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