Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 41 Leg.] YEAS--51 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coburn Collins Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Inouye Isakson Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Lieberman Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (FL) Reed Reid Rockefeller Schumer Shaheen Snowe Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--47 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Coats Cochran Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Grassley Harkin Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Johanns Johnson (WI) Kyl Leahy Lee Levin Lugar McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Nelson (NE) Paul Portman Pryor Risch Roberts Rubio Sanders Sessions Shelby Stabenow Thune Toomey Vitter Webb Wicker NOT VOTING--2 Hatch Kirk The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of the amendment, the amendment is rejected. Amendment No. 1517 The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 2 minutes of debate equally divided, prior to a vote in relation to amendment No.…”