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        <text>Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.</text>
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        <text>On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote. (text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H6963-6964)</text>
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        <text>Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.</text>
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        <text>Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-248.</text>
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        <text>Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.</text>
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        <text>On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 414 - 1 (Roll no. 972). (text: CR H14887-14888)</text>
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        <text>At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Cuellar objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.</text>
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