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John Cornyn: The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) and the Senator from Colorado…

On the recordNovember 29, 2016
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) would have voted ``yea'' and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) would have voted ``yea.''
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas
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Nov 29, 2016

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