[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23346]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent from the Senate 
earlier this week and missed rollcall votes Nos. 358 through 363. There 
were two reasons for my absence. First, I hosted a ceremony at the 
University of Connecticut honoring Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach of Ireland, 
and Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain. Second, I attended 
memorial services yesterday and today for Jack Bailey, the former 
Connecticut Chief State's Attorney and a close friend to both me and my 
family. Had I been present, I would have cast my votes as follows: on 
rollcall vote 358: aye; on rollcall vote 359: nay; on rollcall vote 
360: nay; on rollcall vote 361: aye; on rollcall vote 362: aye; and on 
rollcall vote 363: aye.

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