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        <text>Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S15310; text as passed Senate: CR S15310)</text>
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        <text>Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 399.</text>
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        <fullName>Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]</fullName>
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        <title>S. 1561, A bill to preserve exisiting judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia</title>
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        <description>&lt;p&gt;Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on October 22, 2003&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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        <title>S. 1561, A bill to preserve exisiting judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the District of Columbia Code to increase from 58 to 61 the number of associate judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Amends the District of Columbia Code to increase from 58 to 61 the number of associate judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Amends the District of Columbia Code to increase from 58 to 61 the number of associate judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>A bill to preserve existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.</text>
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