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On the recordJune 29, 2011
I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) would vote ``yea.''
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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