On the recordMarch 6, 2012
I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) would vote ``yea.''
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