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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This resolution authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Senators Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, and Rand Paul, and any other Member who may be named as a defendant in the case of <i>Martin F. McMahon v. Senator Ted Cruz, et al</i>.</p>]]></text>
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