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      <excerpt> J.; Robert Menendez, DN.J.; Sheldon Whitehouse, DR.I.; Ben Cardin, D-Md.; Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.; Kirsten Gillibrand, DN.Y.; and Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>and Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.). ...</excerpt>
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