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John Thune: The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Missouri…

On the recordDecember 19, 2020
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) would have voted ``yea.''
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota
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Dec 19, 2020

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