[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 28233]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  (At the request of Mr. Reid, the following statement was ordered to 
be printed in the Record.)

                            VOTE EXPLANATION

 Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, because of a severe head cold I 
decided, after a telephone discussion with the minority leader, not to 
attempt to travel on a so-called redeye flight last night from the west 
coast to arrive this morning back in Washington to vote on 3 motions to 
instruct conferees. Had I been present, I would like the record to 
indicate that I would have voted for the motions by Senators Harkin, 
Carper, and Baucus. I note that on none of these votes would my vote 
have affected the outcome; all passed by substantial margins. I want to 
inform my colleagues that I plan to return by another redeye flight 
leaving tonight for votes Thursday.

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