Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 66, nays 33, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 124 Leg.] YEAS--66 Akaka Ayotte Baucus Begich Bingaman Blumenthal Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Coburn Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Corker Franken Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagan Harkin Hatch Inouye Kerry Klobuchar Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Lee Levin Lieberman Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murkowski Murray Nelson (FL) Portman Pryor Reed Reid Roberts Rockefeller Rubio Sanders Schumer Sessions Shaheen Shelby Snowe Stabenow Tester Toomey Udall (NM) Vitter Warner Webb Whitehouse NAYS--33 Alexander Barrasso Bennet Blunt Boozman Boxer Burr Chambliss Coats Cornyn Crapo DeMint Durbin Enzi Feinstein Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (SD) Johnson (WI) Kohl Kyl Lugar Nelson (NE) Paul Risch Thune Udall (CO) Wicker Wyden NOT VOTING--1 Kirk The amendment (No. 2190), as modified, was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Mexico. Amendment No. 2364 Withdrawn”