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                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent, but had I been 
present, I would have voted no on rollcall vote No. 141, the 
confirmation of Susan Combs to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
  I was necessarily absent but had I been present, would have voted no 
on rollcall vote No. 142, the motion to invoke cloture on Ryan T. 
Holte, to be a judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
  I was necessarily absent but, had I been present, would have voted no 
on rollcall vote No. 143, the motion to invoke cloture on Rossie David 
Alston, Jr., to be U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of 
Virginia.
  I was necessarily absent but, had I been present, would have voted no 
on rollcall vote No. 144, the motion to invoke cloture on Richard A. 
Hertling, to be a judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

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