[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 19963]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I regret that I missed this evening's 
vote in the Senate on the confirmation of Earl Leroy Yeakel III, to be 
U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``yea'' on his confirmation. Unfortunately, 
the airplane I was to travel on back to Washington, DC was grounded for 
some time due to mechanical problems, and this caused a delay in my 
return.

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