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On the recordDecember 21, 2020
I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 48, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 288 Ex.] YEAS--48 Alexander Barrasso Blackburn Blunt Boozman Braun Burr Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Daines Ernst Fischer Gardner Graham Grassley Hawley Hoeven Hyde-Smith Inhofe Johnson Kennedy Lankford Lee McConnell Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Risch Roberts Romney Rubio Sasse Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Shelby Sullivan Thune Tillis Toomey Wicker Young NAYS--47 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Feinstein Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hirono Jones Kaine Kelly King Klobuchar Leahy Manchin Markey Menendez Merkley Murphy Murray Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Sinema Smith Stabenow Tester Udall Van Hollen Warner Warren Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--5 Enzi Harris Loeffler Perdue Rounds The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader. ____________________
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Dec 21, 2020

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