Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 62, nays 36, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 116 Ex.] YEAS--62 Akaka Alexander Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Collins Conrad Coons Corker Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Hagan Harkin Inouye 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 Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Snowe Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--36 Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kyl Lee McCain McConnell Moran Paul Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Thune Toomey Wicker NOT VOTING--2 Kirk Vitter The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action. ____________________”