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On the recordDecember 7, 2017
So we will not vote unless time is yielded back. I believe there are no other speakers. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that all time be yielded back on both the Republican and Democratic sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. All time is yielded back. The joint resolution was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The joint resolution having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the joint resolution pass?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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