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On the recordSeptember 11, 2019
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) would have voted ``yea.''
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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