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On the recordJune 22, 2015
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). 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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