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On the recordMarch 23, 2022
I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Traum nomination? Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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