Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 42, nays 55, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 53 Leg.] YEAS--42 Alexander Barrasso Bond Brown (MA) Brownback Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Feinstein Graham Grassley Gregg Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kyl LeMieux Lieberman Lugar McCain McConnell Murkowski Nelson (FL) Risch Roberts Sessions Thune Vitter Voinovich Warner Wicker NAYS--55 Akaka Baucus Bayh Begich Bennet Bingaman Boxer Brown (OH) Burris Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Dodd Dorgan Durbin Feingold Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson Kaufman Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lincoln McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Snowe Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Webb Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--3 Bennett Byrd Shelby The amendment (No. 3456) was rejected. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia is recognized. Amendments Nos. 3462; 3467; 3472; 3473, as Modified; 3474, as Modified; 3482, as Modified; 3486, as Modified; 3487; 3497; 3503; 3504; 3508; 3509; 3510; and 3531 to Amendment No. 3452”