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On the recordMay 11, 2010
I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) would vote ``yea.''
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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