The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) would have voted ``yea.''
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