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Ed Markey: On rollcall No. 248, I was unavoidably detained, but had I voted I would have voted ``yea.''

On the recordMay 10, 2012
On rollcall No. 248, I was unavoidably detained, but had I voted I would have voted ``yea.''
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts
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May 10, 2012

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