[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24475]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                           VOTE EXPLANATIONS

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I am necessarily absent for the vote today 
on the McCain amendment, Senate Amendment No. 2626 to the fiscal year 
2010 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill (H.R. 2847). If I 
were able to attend today's session, I would have opposed the McCain 
amendment.
  Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for the vote on the fiscal 
year 2010 Agriculture appropriations conference report and the Ensign 
motion to recommit the Senate fiscal year 2010 Commerce, Justice, and 
Science appropriations bill, H.R. 2847. If I were able to attend 
today's session, I would have supported the fiscal year 2010 
Agriculture conference report and opposed the Ensign motion to recommit 
H.R. 2847.

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