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Oct. 18, 2016 Sanders: Benefit Increase Too Small for Americans Relying on Social Security Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 13, 2016 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Senators Ask President to Halt Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 13, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Shaun Donovan, Director of Office Management and Budget - Urging Support For USDA's Efforts To Ramp Up Help To Struggling Dairy Farmers Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 12, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Call to Address the Rising Prices of Prescription Drugs Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 7, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Compliance with Title X Requirements to Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 7, 2016 Politico - Sanders-loving Vermont Lawmaker Snags GOP Nomination Sen. Peter Welch
Oct. 7, 2016 Letter to the Hon. John Kerry, Secretary of the Department of State, and the Hon. Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Push for the Phasing Out of Hydroflurocarbons Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 7, 2016 Letter to the Honorable John Kerry, Secretary of the Dept. State and the Hon. Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Proetction Agency - Climate Negotiators to Push for Significant Phase Down of Harmful Greenhouse Gas Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 6, 2016 Letter to Andrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Children's Health Insurance Program Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 6, 2016 Letter to The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman, Federal Communications Commision - Address Potential Impacts of "Stingray" Technology on 911, Communities of Color Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 6, 2016 Letter to Barack Obama, President of The United States - Offshore Drilling Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 5, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General of the United States - Call to Hold Wells Fargo Executives Accountable Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 4, 2016 Sanders Announces Bill to Close Tax Loopholes Used by Trump Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 3, 2016 WCAX - Welch Touts Simpler Federal College Financial Aid Application Sen. Peter Welch
Oct. 3, 2016 WCAX - "Welch Hungry for More Time In Washington" Sen. Peter Welch
Sept. 30, 2016 Brown, Toomey, Murray, Sanders, and Casy's Bipartisan Bill to Address Shortage of Beds, Staffing for Severely Disabled Veterans Signed into Law Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 30, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Juan Manuel Santos Calderon, President, Republic of Colombia - Regarding the Peace Agreement with FARC Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 29, 2016 VTDigger.org - Welch Seeks to Close Loophole in "Dysfunctional' Drug Market Sen. Peter Welch
Sept. 29, 2016 House Passes Welch Legislation to Improve Phone Service in Rural America Sen. Peter Welch
Sept. 29, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Trans-Pacific Partnership Shouldn't Be Considered Until Renegotiated Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 29, 2016 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - TPP Must Be Renegotiated to Prioritize American Workers Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 29, 2016 Letter to Barack Obama, President of The United States - Trans Pacific Partnership Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 28, 2016 Leahy, Sanders And Welch Issue Joint Statement On Rutland's Designation As A Refugee Resettlement Site Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 28, 2016 Letter to Richard Cordray, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Payday Rule Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 28, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker and Democratic Leader, United States House of Representatives - Supporting the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 28, 2016 Leahy, Sanders, Welch Statement on Refugee Resettlement in Rutland Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 28, 2016 Letter to Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House and House Majority Leader - Demanding a Vote on Gun Legislation Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 27, 2016 VTDigger.org - Vermont Delegation Clashes with Nuclear Industry Sen. Peter Welch
Sept. 27, 2016 Welch Continues Push to Rein in Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 26, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security - Demanding Answers from DHS on Use of Private Prisons Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 22, 2016 Letter to Tom Perez and David Weil, Secretary of the Department of Labor and Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division respectively - Requesting Further Investigation into the Working Conditions of Wells Fargo Bank Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 22, 2016 #SubCMT & #SubEnergyPower Examine EPA and NHTSA GHG and CAFE Standards Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 21, 2016 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017--Motion to Proceed-- Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 21, 2016 Letter to Mr. William J. Carr III, CEO/CIO of the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust - Requesting Information on the Diversity of Asset Managers Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 20, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services - Senators Push to Protect Women's Access to Contraceptive Coverage Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 20, 2016 USA Today - TPP Critics Fear "Relentless' White House Push Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 20, 2016 Sanders Statement on Testimony from Wells Fargo CEO Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 20, 2016 Days After Duckworth's Request, House Oversight Committee Calls Hearing On EpiPen And Other Prescription Price Hikes Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 19, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General of the United States - Call for US Marshalls Service to End Reliance on For-Profit Prison Industry Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 19, 2016 Sanders Leads Effort to Stop Dramatic Test Price Increase Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 19, 2016 Sanders: Have Any Criminal Inquiries in Wells Fargo Case Been Filed? Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 16, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Reject Efforts to Block Corporate Political Spending Disclosure Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 15, 2016 Senators Introduce Resolution Calling for Health Care Public Option Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 15, 2016 Sanders Amendment to Water Resources Development Act Passes the Senate Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 15, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, US Senate - Reject Efforts to Block Corporate Political Spending Disclosure Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 15, 2016 Senators Introduce Resolution Calling for Health Care Public Option Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 14, 2016 Tweet - "Like NAFTA, the TPP would force U.S workers to compete with folks making pennies an hour. It's a race to the bottom." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 14, 2016 Sanders Statement on Monsanto-Bayer Deal Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 14, 2016 Sanders Joins Day of Action Against Pacific Trade Pact Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 14, 2016 Days After Welch and Duckworth's Request, Oversight Committee Calls Hearing on Prescription Drug Pricing Sen. Peter Welch
Sept. 14, 2016 Whitehouse, Warren, Reed, Sanders & Merkley Introduce Bill to Protect Consumers from Abusive Lending Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 13, 2016 Sanders Statement on Census Bureau Report
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 13, 2016 Sanders Stands with Tribal Nations, Calls on President to Stop Pipeline Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 13, 2016 Welch, Durbin Statement on House Committee Passage of Repeal of Wall Street Reform Sen. Peter Welch
Sept. 12, 2016 Expressing the Sense of the House About A National Strategy for the Internet of Things Sen. Peter Welch
Sept. 8, 2016 Letter to Mark Bertolini, Chairman and CEO, Aetna - Aetna's Billion-Dollar Break-up Fee and Decision to Leave ACA Exchanges After DOJ Challenges Merger with Humana Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 8, 2016 Senators Question Aetna's Billion-Dollar Break-up Fee and Decision to Leave ACA Exchanges Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 8, 2016 Griffith and Welch Introduce the Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act Sen. Peter Welch
Aug. 30, 2016 Letter to Ms. Heather Bresch, Chief Executive Officer of Mylan - Concerns About Mylan's EpiPen Price HIke Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 29, 2016 Grijalva, Sanders Respond to DHS Review of For-Profit Prison Use Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 26, 2016 Sanders Welcomes McConnell Decision to Block TPP Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 25, 2016 Sanders Opposes Dakota Access Pipeline Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 24, 2016 Sanders Statement on New Rules for Federal Contractors Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 22, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Jeh Johnson, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security - DHS Private Prison Use Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 18, 2016 Grijalva, Sanders Respond to DOJ Announcement Ending Reliance on Private Prisons Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 18, 2016 Sanders Applauds Decision to End Federal Use of Private Prisons Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 18, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Make Tibet a Priority in Final Months in Office Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 17, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Julian Castro, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - End Local Nuisance Ordinances That Endanger Domestic Violence Survivors Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 16, 2016 Sanders Statement on NASA Study Confirming Fossil Fuels as Source of Largest Methane Buildup Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 16, 2016 Sanders Statement on Aetna's Decision to Withdraw from Health Insurance Exchanges Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 12, 2016 Sanders Statement on Push to Pass Pacific Trade Pact Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 10, 2016 Letter to the Honorable John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services; the Honorable Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services; the Honorable Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services and the Honorable Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Armed Services - Support the Afghan Special Immigration Visa Program Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 9, 2016 Letter to the Hon. John Kerry, Secretary of State - Prioritize Human Rights and Justice Reform In Bilateral Talks With Mexico Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 8, 2016 Sanders Condemns Efforts to Remove Brazil's Democratically Elected President Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 5, 2016 Letter to Democratic Colleagues in the US House of Representatives - Pro-Consumer Democrats Urge FCC to Reform Business Data Services Market Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Date Title Politician
Oct. 18, 2016 Sanders: Benefit Increase Too Small for Americans Relying on Social Security Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 13, 2016 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Senators Ask President to Halt Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 13, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Shaun Donovan, Director of Office Management and Budget - Urging Support For USDA's Efforts To Ramp Up Help To Struggling Dairy Farmers Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 12, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Call to Address the Rising Prices of Prescription Drugs Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 7, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Compliance with Title X Requirements to Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 7, 2016 Politico - Sanders-loving Vermont Lawmaker Snags GOP Nomination Sen.Peter Welch
Oct. 7, 2016 Letter to the Hon. John Kerry, Secretary of the Department of State, and the Hon. Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Push for the Phasing Out of Hydroflurocarbons Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 7, 2016 Letter to the Honorable John Kerry, Secretary of the Dept. State and the Hon. Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Proetction Agency - Climate Negotiators to Push for Significant Phase Down of Harmful Greenhouse Gas Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 6, 2016 Letter to Andrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Children's Health Insurance Program Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 6, 2016 Letter to The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman, Federal Communications Commision - Address Potential Impacts of "Stingray" Technology on 911, Communities of Color Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 6, 2016 Letter to Barack Obama, President of The United States - Offshore Drilling Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 5, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General of the United States - Call to Hold Wells Fargo Executives Accountable Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 4, 2016 Sanders Announces Bill to Close Tax Loopholes Used by Trump Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 3, 2016 WCAX - Welch Touts Simpler Federal College Financial Aid Application Sen.Peter Welch
Oct. 3, 2016 WCAX - "Welch Hungry for More Time In Washington" Sen.Peter Welch
Sept. 30, 2016 Brown, Toomey, Murray, Sanders, and Casy's Bipartisan Bill to Address Shortage of Beds, Staffing for Severely Disabled Veterans Signed into Law Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 30, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Juan Manuel Santos Calderon, President, Republic of Colombia - Regarding the Peace Agreement with FARC Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 29, 2016 VTDigger.org - Welch Seeks to Close Loophole in "Dysfunctional' Drug Market Sen.Peter Welch
Sept. 29, 2016 House Passes Welch Legislation to Improve Phone Service in Rural America Sen.Peter Welch
Sept. 29, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Trans-Pacific Partnership Shouldn't Be Considered Until Renegotiated Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 29, 2016 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - TPP Must Be Renegotiated to Prioritize American Workers Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 29, 2016 Letter to Barack Obama, President of The United States - Trans Pacific Partnership Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 28, 2016 Leahy, Sanders And Welch Issue Joint Statement On Rutland's Designation As A Refugee Resettlement Site Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 28, 2016 Letter to Richard Cordray, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Payday Rule Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 28, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker and Democratic Leader, United States House of Representatives - Supporting the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 28, 2016 Leahy, Sanders, Welch Statement on Refugee Resettlement in Rutland Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 28, 2016 Letter to Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House and House Majority Leader - Demanding a Vote on Gun Legislation Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 27, 2016 VTDigger.org - Vermont Delegation Clashes with Nuclear Industry Sen.Peter Welch
Sept. 27, 2016 Welch Continues Push to Rein in Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 26, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security - Demanding Answers from DHS on Use of Private Prisons Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 22, 2016 Letter to Tom Perez and David Weil, Secretary of the Department of Labor and Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division respectively - Requesting Further Investigation into the Working Conditions of Wells Fargo Bank Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 22, 2016 #SubCMT & #SubEnergyPower Examine EPA and NHTSA GHG and CAFE Standards Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 21, 2016 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017--Motion to Proceed-- Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 21, 2016 Letter to Mr. William J. Carr III, CEO/CIO of the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust - Requesting Information on the Diversity of Asset Managers Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 20, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services - Senators Push to Protect Women's Access to Contraceptive Coverage Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 20, 2016 USA Today - TPP Critics Fear "Relentless' White House Push Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 20, 2016 Sanders Statement on Testimony from Wells Fargo CEO Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 20, 2016 Days After Duckworth's Request, House Oversight Committee Calls Hearing On EpiPen And Other Prescription Price Hikes Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 19, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General of the United States - Call for US Marshalls Service to End Reliance on For-Profit Prison Industry Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 19, 2016 Sanders Leads Effort to Stop Dramatic Test Price Increase Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 19, 2016 Sanders: Have Any Criminal Inquiries in Wells Fargo Case Been Filed? Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 16, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Reject Efforts to Block Corporate Political Spending Disclosure Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 15, 2016 Senators Introduce Resolution Calling for Health Care Public Option Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 15, 2016 Sanders Amendment to Water Resources Development Act Passes the Senate Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 15, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, US Senate - Reject Efforts to Block Corporate Political Spending Disclosure Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 15, 2016 Senators Introduce Resolution Calling for Health Care Public Option Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 14, 2016 Tweet - "Like NAFTA, the TPP would force U.S workers to compete with folks making pennies an hour. It's a race to the bottom." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 14, 2016 Sanders Statement on Monsanto-Bayer Deal Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 14, 2016 Sanders Joins Day of Action Against Pacific Trade Pact Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 14, 2016 Days After Welch and Duckworth's Request, Oversight Committee Calls Hearing on Prescription Drug Pricing Sen.Peter Welch
Sept. 14, 2016 Whitehouse, Warren, Reed, Sanders & Merkley Introduce Bill to Protect Consumers from Abusive Lending Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 13, 2016 Sanders Statement on Census Bureau Report
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 13, 2016 Sanders Stands with Tribal Nations, Calls on President to Stop Pipeline Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 13, 2016 Welch, Durbin Statement on House Committee Passage of Repeal of Wall Street Reform Sen.Peter Welch
Sept. 12, 2016 Expressing the Sense of the House About A National Strategy for the Internet of Things Sen.Peter Welch
Sept. 8, 2016 Letter to Mark Bertolini, Chairman and CEO, Aetna - Aetna's Billion-Dollar Break-up Fee and Decision to Leave ACA Exchanges After DOJ Challenges Merger with Humana Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 8, 2016 Senators Question Aetna's Billion-Dollar Break-up Fee and Decision to Leave ACA Exchanges Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 8, 2016 Griffith and Welch Introduce the Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act Sen.Peter Welch
Aug. 30, 2016 Letter to Ms. Heather Bresch, Chief Executive Officer of Mylan - Concerns About Mylan's EpiPen Price HIke Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 29, 2016 Grijalva, Sanders Respond to DHS Review of For-Profit Prison Use Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 26, 2016 Sanders Welcomes McConnell Decision to Block TPP Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 25, 2016 Sanders Opposes Dakota Access Pipeline Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 24, 2016 Sanders Statement on New Rules for Federal Contractors Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 22, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Jeh Johnson, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security - DHS Private Prison Use Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 18, 2016 Grijalva, Sanders Respond to DOJ Announcement Ending Reliance on Private Prisons Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 18, 2016 Sanders Applauds Decision to End Federal Use of Private Prisons Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 18, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Make Tibet a Priority in Final Months in Office Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 17, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Julian Castro, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - End Local Nuisance Ordinances That Endanger Domestic Violence Survivors Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 16, 2016 Sanders Statement on NASA Study Confirming Fossil Fuels as Source of Largest Methane Buildup Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 16, 2016 Sanders Statement on Aetna's Decision to Withdraw from Health Insurance Exchanges Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 12, 2016 Sanders Statement on Push to Pass Pacific Trade Pact Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 10, 2016 Letter to the Honorable John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services; the Honorable Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services; the Honorable Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services and the Honorable Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Armed Services - Support the Afghan Special Immigration Visa Program Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 9, 2016 Letter to the Hon. John Kerry, Secretary of State - Prioritize Human Rights and Justice Reform In Bilateral Talks With Mexico Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 8, 2016 Sanders Condemns Efforts to Remove Brazil's Democratically Elected President Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 5, 2016 Letter to Democratic Colleagues in the US House of Representatives - Pro-Consumer Democrats Urge FCC to Reform Business Data Services Market Sen.Peter Welch, ...
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