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On the recordApril 26, 2012
I do not object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Texas [Mr. Cornyn], for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Bennet, Mr. McConnell, and Mr. Vitter, proposes an amendment numbered 2086.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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