Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sanders). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 78, nays 15, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 107 Leg.] YEAS--78 Alexander Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blunt Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coats Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Corker Durbin Enzi Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagan Harkin Hatch Hoeven Inhofe Inouye Isakson Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Kyl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Portman Pryor Reed Reid Roberts Rockefeller Rubio Sanders Schumer Sessions Shaheen Shelby Snowe Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--15 Ayotte Boozman Coburn Cornyn Crapo DeMint Johanns Johnson (WI) Lee Paul Risch Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--7 Akaka Blumenthal Boxer Heller Hutchison Kirk Stabenow The motion was agreed to. Amendment No. 2107 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 2107, offered by the Senator from Arizona, Mr. McCain. Who wishes the floor? The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Mr.…”