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John Cornyn: “The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Tennessee…”

On the recordMay 18, 2015
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Alaska (Mrs. Murkowski), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) would have voted ``nay'' and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) would have voted ``nay.''
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas
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May 18, 2015

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