I announce that the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) would vote ``yea.''
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