The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter).
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