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Arlen Specter: I yield my time. I move to table the Dorgan amendment and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a…

On the recordMay 16, 2006
I yield my time. I move to table the Dorgan amendment and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on Agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll. McCONNELL. The following Senators were necessarily absent: the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott).
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Arlen Specter
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