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On the recordJuly 16, 2018
The following Senators are necessarily absent: The Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) would have voted ``yea.''
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John Cornyn
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