Biden Cabinet Confirmation Live Thread ***hearings, votes, etc.***

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Jefferson (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) confirmed 91-7:

NAYs ---7
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Hawley (R-MO)
Paul (R-KY)
Scott (R-FL)
Tuberville (R-AL)

Not Voting - 2
Blunt (R-MO)
Carper (D-DE)

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Grundmann (Labor Relations Authority) confirmed 50-49. Murkowski voted in favor.

Not Voting - 1
Leahy (D-VT)

Powell (Federal Reserve Chairman) confirmed 80-19:

NAYs ---19
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cruz (R-TX)
Hawley (R-MO)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lee (R-UT)
Markey (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Ossoff (D-GA)
Paul (R-KY)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sanders (I-VT)
Scott (R-FL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Warren (D-MA)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 1
Toomey (R-PA)

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Cloture filed on:

Cal. #798 Rochon to SD NY
Cal. #802 Thompson to ND CA
Cal. #799 Sykes to CD CA

Confirmed by Voice Vote:

Cal. #704 Putnam to be General Counsel for Transportation
Cal. #720 Wassmer to be CFO for Transportation
Cal. #866 Kan to be a Governor of the US Postal Service
Cal. #867 Tangherlini to be a Governor of the US Postal Service

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

And Harris surges into the all-time top three for number of tie-breaking votes. She needs nine more to beat Calhoun for the most ever.

[politicallefty]

It would certainly be nice to see more judges confirmed. It appears as though the Administration is dropping the ball and Schumer isn't even trying.

[MichaelRbn]

You follow this thread and see that literally every appointment is being filibustered, requiring cloture before confirmation, and despite that 62 judges have been confirmed and 34 are in the pipeline.  Among the few remaining vacancies are seats in states with two Republican senators who refuse to cooperate in the vetting process.  Biden and Schumer are doing as well as could have been expected

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Well that blue slip crap needs to be nuked. It's even worse than the filibuster.

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[politicallefty]

You follow this thread and see that literally every appointment is being filibustered, requiring cloture before confirmation, and despite that 62 judges have been confirmed and 34 are in the pipeline.  Among the few remaining vacancies are seats in states with two Republican senators who refuse to cooperate in the vetting process.  Biden and Schumer are doing as well as could have been expected

The pace has slowed considerably since the start of the new year. Only four circuit court nominees have been confirmed this year and it's been almost two months since the last. The Trump/McConnell machine did in four years what takes some Presidents eight years to accomplish in terms of judicial appointments. Even if Democrats can somehow hold the Senate this year, they need to act like it's going to be gone when it comes to the judiciary. I don't need to tell you what happens if McConnell gets control of the Senate.

Right now, there are 14 circuit judgeships that don't have a nominee (one of which is KBJ's soon-to-be vacant DC Circuit seat). Blue slips basically don't exist for circuit court judgeships now. Andre Mathis was nominated to the Sixth Circuit over the objections of both TN Senators and was reported out of committee on a bipartisan basis. He's been waiting over three months for a floor vote. The Biden Administration has tried to respect the process and work with Republicans where he can in terms of judgeships, but if Republicans aren't going to work with him, he simply needs to work around them and put some nominees forward (in particular, the 10th Circuit KS seat comes to mind). However, if you look at the list below, there are six seats without names in states with two Democratic Senators. That is completely inexcusable. There's a lot of blame to go around, but right now, things are moving way too slow.

1st - 2 (NH and MA)
2nd - 1 (CT)
3rd - 2 (DE and PA)
4th - 1 (MD)
5th - 2 (LA and TX)
6th - 1 (OH)
7th - 1 (IN)
8th - N/A
9th - 2 (AZ and MT)
10th - 1 (KS)
11th - N/A
DC - 1

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Yesterday:

Rochon (SD NY) passes CLOTURE 51-47:

NAYs ---47
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 2
Rosen (D-NV)
Van Hollen (D-MD)

Thompson (ND CA) passes CLOTURE 51-46:

NAYs ---46
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 3
Rosen (D-NV)
Sasse (R-NE)
Van Hollen (D-MD)

Sykes (CD CA) Passes CLOTURE 51-45:

NAYs ---45
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 4
Romney (R-UT)
Rosen (D-NV)
Toomey (R-PA)
Van Hollen (D-MD)

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Yesterday:

https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1526704786191654912?s=20&t=Uyz21m...
Confirmed by Voice Vote:

Cal. #907 Tucker to be U.S. Attorney for Alaska
Cal. #916 Crowe to be U.S. Attorney for SD IL
Cal. #917 Laslovich to be U.S. Attorney for Montana
Cal. #918 Uballez to be U.S. Attorney for New Mexico
Cal. #846 Jorge to be Alternate Executive Director for the Inter-American Development Bank

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Rochon confirmed 51-47:

NAYs ---47
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 2
Rosen (D-NV)
Van Hollen (D-MD)

Leaf (Assistant Secretary of State) passes CLOTURE 54-43:

NAYs ---43
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Moran (R-KS)
Risch (R-ID)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 3
Rosen (D-NV)
Tillis (R-NC)
Van Hollen (D-MD)

Leaf confirmed 54-44:

NAYs ---44
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Moran (R-KS)
Risch (R-ID)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 2
Rosen (D-NV)
Van Hollen (D-MD)

Watson (Assistant Secretary of Labor) passes CLOTURE 50-47:

NAYs ---47
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 3
Markey (D-MA)
Rosen (D-NV)
Van Hollen (D-MD)

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

It's ridiculous that they're doing all this BS today of all days for offices that maybe 5% of Americans have ever even heard of rather than just getting the Ukraine vote over with.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

You follow this thread and see that literally every appointment is being filibustered, requiring cloture before confirmation, and despite that 62 judges have been confirmed and 34 are in the pipeline.  Among the few remaining vacancies are seats in states with two Republican senators who refuse to cooperate in the vetting process.  Biden and Schumer are doing as well as could have been expected

The pace has slowed considerably since the start of the new year. Only four circuit court nominees have been confirmed this year and it's been almost two months since the last. The Trump/McConnell machine did in four years what takes some Presidents eight years to accomplish in terms of judicial appointments. Even if Democrats can somehow hold the Senate this year, they need to act like it's going to be gone when it comes to the judiciary. I don't need to tell you what happens if McConnell gets control of the Senate.

Right now, there are 14 circuit judgeships that don't have a nominee (one of which is KBJ's soon-to-be vacant DC Circuit seat). Blue slips basically don't exist for circuit court judgeships now. Andre Mathis was nominated to the Sixth Circuit over the objections of both TN Senators and was reported out of committee on a bipartisan basis. He's been waiting over three months for a floor vote. The Biden Administration has tried to respect the process and work with Republicans where he can in terms of judgeships, but if Republicans aren't going to work with him, he simply needs to work around them and put some nominees forward (in particular, the 10th Circuit KS seat comes to mind). However, if you look at the list below, there are six seats without names in states with two Democratic Senators. That is completely inexcusable. There's a lot of blame to go around, but right now, things are moving way too slow.

1st - 2 (NH and MA)
2nd - 1 (CT)
3rd - 2 (DE and PA)
4th - 1 (MD)
5th - 2 (LA and TX)
6th - 1 (OH)
7th - 1 (IN)
8th - N/A
9th - 2 (AZ and MT)
10th - 1 (KS)
11th - N/A
DC - 1

A few weeks old - but looks like Biden is vetting other options for the sixth circuit - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/white-house-said-to-vet-two-women-for-sixth-circuit-seat

Plus CLOTURE was filed on Davis who was reported later.

Probably Kennedy's committee support isn't holding up on the floor and Manchin doesn't want to vote for a non-blue slipped nominee - which probably explains why Ariana Freeman hasn't been discharged and no other nominees with blue slip issues have been put forward.

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Watson (Assistant Secretary of Labor) confirmed 50-45:

NAYs ---45
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 5
Cramer (R-ND)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Rosen (D-NV)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Van Hollen (D-MD)

Thompson (ND CA) confirmed 51-44:

NAYs ---44
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 5
Blunt (R-MO)
Cramer (R-ND)
Rosen (D-NV)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Young (R-IN)

Sykes (CD CA) confirmed 51-45:

NAYs ---45
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 4
Blunt (R-MO)
Cramer (R-ND)
Rosen (D-NV)
Van Hollen (D-MD)

Lowman (Assistant Secretary of Defense) confirmed 94-1:

NAYs ---1
Hawley (R-MO)

Not Voting - 5
Blunt (R-MO)
Cramer (R-ND)
Rosen (D-NV)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Van Hollen (D-MD)

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Davis (6th Cir.) passes CLOTURE 48-36:

NAYs ---36
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
McConnell (R-KY)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 16
Braun (R-IN)
Brown (D-OH)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cramer (R-ND)
Ernst (R-IA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Marshall (R-KS)
Moran (R-KS)
Portman (R-OH)
Rosen (D-NV)
Rounds (R-SD)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Tillis (R-NC)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Young (R-IN)

[politicallefty]

A few weeks old - but looks like Biden is vetting other options for the sixth circuit - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/white-house-said-to-vet-two-women-for-sixth-circuit-seat

Plus CLOTURE was filed on Davis who was reported later.

Probably Kennedy's committee support isn't holding up on the floor and Manchin doesn't want to vote for a non-blue slipped nominee - which probably explains why Ariana Freeman hasn't been discharged and no other nominees with blue slip issues have been put forward.

There are actually three openings on the 6th Circuit. That article is referring to the process for the Ohio seat. The White House has already worked with Portman on judicial nominations, so that shouldn't be much of an issue.

The Davis nomination is certainly good news. That's for the Michigan seat, so that's the easiest one. She was nominated about 3.5 months ago and reported out of committee about six weeks ago. She also got the usual three Rs on the cloture vote.

As for the Mathis nomination, I'm not sure how he got Kennedy's vote in committee, but it does eliminate the need for a discharge vote. Who knows what Manchin is thinking though? I'd rather not try to figure out what's going on his head. I suppose it's also possible that they've been having trouble corralling the votes and might need Harris when they do.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

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