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On the recordApril 4, 2016
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) would have voted ``yea'', the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) would have voted ``yea'', and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) would have voted ``yea''.
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John Cornyn
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