Dick Durbin said "I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 5, 2011

I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.

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Dick Durbin

Democratic · Illinois

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Dec 5, 2011

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