Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 65, nays 33, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 120 Leg.] YEAS--65 Akaka Alexander Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boozman Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Corker Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Hoeven Inouye Johanns Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Portman Pryor Reed Reid Roberts Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Snowe Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--33 Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johnson (WI) Kyl Lee McCain McConnell Moran Paul Risch Rubio Sessions Shelby Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--2 Kirk Warner The motion was agreed to. Vote Explanation <bullet> Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I was unable to vote on the motion to table the Paul amendment No. 2182 this morning due to a family commitment, but should I have been present, I would have voted yea on the motion to table the amendment.…”