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By Justin Duckham-Talk Radio News Service

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Ok.), the sole Senator not to make the second cloture vote Tuesday morning, missed the procedural step in order to accompany his wife and family back to his home state for Christmas.

According to a member of Inhofe’s staff, the Oklahoman Republican will return Wednesday for the remainder of the votes.

Inhofe voted against the first cloture vote early Monday morning and has arranged to have a prepared statement voicing his opposition to the legislation entered into the Congressional record upon each vote taken in his absence.

This is not Inhofe’s only trip within recent days. The Senator, who serves as Ranking Member on the Environment and Public Works Committee, ventured to the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference last week in an attempt to inform the international audience over what Inhofe perceives as the unlikelihood of cap and trade legislation passing through the Senate.