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On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) would have voted ``yea.''
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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