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On the recordJuly 19, 2010
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee- reported substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to. The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time. The bill (H.R. 2765), as amended, was passed.
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Democratic · Vermont
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