[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S1631]
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          COMMEMORATING THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLOODY SUNDAY

  Mr. KAUFMAN. I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary Committee be 
discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 249 and the 
Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the concurrent resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 249) commemorating 
     the 45th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the role that it 
     played in ensuring the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 
     1965.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. KAUFMAN. I ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be 
agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid 
upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statement 
be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (H. Con. Res. 249) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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