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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 16, 2022

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 63, nays 35, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 82 Ex.] YEAS--63 Baldwin…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 16, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 16, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 16, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 16, 2022

I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote or change their vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 57, nays 42, as…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Mar 16, 2022

I think physical presence matters, not just because I see it through a constitutional lens, but because human interaction matters.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Mar 16, 2022

I have never voted by proxy either. I wrote the rule--but I have been lucky, right? I didn't get COVID.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Mar 16, 2022

I think it is vitally important that we get back to really operating this House in a way that is traditional.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Mar 16, 2022

This is a process that was about more control.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Mar 16, 2022

I am against proxy voting. But I think the argument needs to be made.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Mar 16, 2022

By moving in the way that we have, we have some committees that do this and some committees that do that.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Mar 16, 2022

There is no proxy voting in Ukraine, so it is clearly astonishing.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Mar 16, 2022

We don't do our jobs well on the Veterans' Affairs Committee when we are doing it virtually.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Mar 16, 2022

If you believe it is unconstitutional, again, it is mind-boggling to me that you would utilize it.

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Mary E Miller
@maryemiller· Republican · IL· Mar 16, 2022

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on roll call No. 73. Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Baird (Walorski) Bourdeaux (Correa) Bowman (Meng) Brown (OH) (Jeffries) Cardenas (Gomez) Carter (GA)…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 15, 2022

I am glad I was on the floor to hear the Republican leader's comments about our Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, because there are a couple of elements that he obviously inadvertently missed that he should have reported when…

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Mar 15, 2022

I don't like picking winners and losers, but my goodness, if we keep subsidizing an industry that needs $650 billion a year to stay competitive doesn't sound like we're picking the winners.

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