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On the recordMay 20, 2013
I announce that the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) would each vote ``yea.''
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Dick Durbin
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