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On the recordMarch 25, 2015
I ask unanimous consent to have the following Senators added as cosponsors to his amendment: Senators Boxer, Markey, and Schatz. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 801 (Purpose: To build on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 by restoring a below-sequester level cut of $9,000,000,000 to nondefense discretionary spending in 2017, replacing sequestration in 2016 and 2017 and increasing funding above sequester levels by a total of $148,000,000,000 for the 2 years, increasing defense and nondefense discretionary spending above sequester levels by equal amounts, eliminating the overseas contingency operations gimmick contained in the committee-reported resolution, and offsetting the net increase in defense and nondefense discretionary spending by closing tax loopholes).
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington
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Mar 25, 2015

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