Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: The Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Udall of New Mexico). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 46, nays 52, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 231 Leg.] YEAS--46 Alexander Barrasso Bayh Bennet Bennett Bond Brown (MA) Brownback Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kyl LeMieux Lincoln Lugar McCain McConnell Nelson (NE) Pryor Risch Roberts Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Vitter Voinovich Warner Webb Wicker NAYS--52 Akaka Baucus Begich Bingaman Boxer Brown (OH) Burris Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Dodd Dorgan Durbin Feingold Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Goodwin Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson Kaufman Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (FL) Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--2 Gregg Murkowski The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this question, the yeas are 46, the nays are 52. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is rejected. Cloture Motion Under the previous order and pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will report.…”