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On the recordNovember 9, 2015
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) would have voted ``yea.''
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John Cornyn
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