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On the recordSeptember 27, 2023
No, and you are not expected to. But if individual Senators have an objection to moving forward on a nomination and they know a unanimous consent request is going to be made on the floor, it is their responsibility to be present physically. You can't mail it in.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Sep 27, 2023

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