Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 40, nays 59, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 8 Leg.] YEAS--40 Ayotte Barrasso Bennet Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Grassley Hagan Hatch Heller Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kyl Lee McCain McCaskill McConnell Moran Nelson (FL) Paul Portman Risch Rubio Snowe Stabenow Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Vitter Warner NAYS--59 Akaka Alexander Baucus Begich Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Harkin Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lugar Manchin Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Pryor Reed Reid Roberts Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Sessions Shaheen Shelby Tester Udall (NM) Webb Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NOT VOTING--1 Kirk The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected.”