[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6910-6911]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Ms. WARREN. Madam President, during the period of April 15, 2013 
through April 24, 2013, I was unavoidably absent from the following 
votes as

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a result of events related to the tragic terrorist bombings in Boston, 
MA--roll call votes 96, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, and 110. Had I been 
present, I would have voted yes on vote 96 on the nomination of Beverly 
Reid O'Connell of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central 
District of California; no on vote 104 on Amendment No. 717 to S. 649, 
the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013; yes on vote 105 on 
Amendment No. 730 to S. 649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 
2013; yes on vote 106 on the nomination of Derrick Kahala Watson, of 
Hawaii, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii; 
yes on vote 108 on the nomination of Jane Kelly, of Iowa, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit; yes on vote 109 on the 
nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget; and yes on vote 110 on adoption 
of the Motion to Proceed to S. 743, the Marketplace Fairness Act.

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