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        <text>Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11279-11280; text as passed Senate: CR S11280)</text>
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        <text>Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 243.</text>
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    <title>A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the establishment of a Museum of the History of American Diplomacy through private donations is a worthy endeavor.</title>
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