Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Schumer). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 46, nays 53, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 73 Leg.] YEAS--46 Akaka Baucus Begich Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Casey Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Harkin Heller Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Lautenberg Leahy Levin Manchin Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (NM) Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--53 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Bennet Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Carper Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Grassley Hagan Hatch Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kyl Landrieu Lee Lieberman Lugar McCain McCaskill McConnell Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Vitter Warner Wicker NOT VOTING--1 Kirk The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. The Senator from Colorado is recognized. Amendment No. 2047, as Modified”