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On the recordJuly 10, 2017
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) would have voted ``yea'' and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) would have voted ``yea.''
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John Cornyn
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