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Arlen Specter: I remind all our colleagues, under the unanimous consent agreement, we are now going to proceed to have five rollcall…

On the recordOctober 26, 2005
I remind all our colleagues, under the unanimous consent agreement, we are now going to proceed to have five rollcall votes. The first will be 15 minutes and 5, the other four will be 10 and 5. Pursuant to our arrangements, the time limits will be enforced. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. The following Senators were necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) would have voted ``yea.''
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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