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On the recordJanuary 14, 2020
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) would have voted ``yea.''
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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