Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The result was announced--yeas 39, nays 60, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 246 Leg.] YEAS--39 Alexander Barrasso Bayh Bennet Brown (MA) Brownback Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Gregg Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kyl LeMieux Lugar McCain McCaskill McConnell Risch Roberts Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Udall (CO) Vitter Wicker NAYS--60 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennett Bingaman Bond Boxer Brown (OH) Burris Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Dodd Dorgan Durbin Feingold Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Goodwin Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson Kaufman Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lincoln Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (NM) Voinovich Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--1 Murkowski The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of the amendment, the amendment is withdrawn. The substitute amendment (No. 4674) is agreed to. The question is on the engrossment of the amendments and third reading of the bill. The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass?”