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On the recordMarch 1, 2011
I will not object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Illinois [Mr. Kirk], for himself and Mr. Pryor, proposes an amendment numbered 123.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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