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On the recordDecember 16, 2019
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey).
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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