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On the recordMay 24, 2011
I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Louisiana (Mrs. Landrieu), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) would vote ``nay.''
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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May 24, 2011

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