Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber wishing to vote? The result was announced--yeas 83, nays 8, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 165 Ex.] YEAS--83 Akaka Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coats Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Corker Cornyn Crapo Durbin Enzi Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Hatch Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Inouye Isakson Johanns Johnson (SD) Johnson (WI) Kerry Kirk Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin McCaskill McConnell Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Portman Pryor Reed Reid Risch Roberts Rockefeller Rubio Sanders Schumer Sessions Shaheen Snowe Tester Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--8 Burr DeMint Grassley Kyl Lee McCain Paul Shelby NOT VOTING--9 Boxer Coburn Hagan Harkin Lieberman Lugar Manchin Stabenow Vitter The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Katherine B. Forrest, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York? The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”