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On the recordNovember 13, 2012
I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) would vote ``nay.''
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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