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On the recordNovember 12, 2020
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) would have voted ``yea'' and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) would have voted ``yea.''
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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