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On the recordJuly 23, 2012
I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) would have voted ``yea.''
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jul 23, 2012

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