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On the recordMarch 9, 2020
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) would have voted ``yea.''
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John Thune
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