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On the recordJanuary 6, 2014
I announce that the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) would each vote ``yea.''
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Jan 6, 2014

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