Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 91, nays 3, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 178 Ex.] YEAS--91 Akaka Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boozman Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Corker Cornyn Crapo Durbin Enzi Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagan Harkin Hatch Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Inouye Isakson Johanns Johnson (SD) Johnson (WI) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Kyl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Portman Pryor Reed Reid Risch Roberts Rockefeller Rubio Sanders Sessions Shaheen Shelby Snowe Stabenow Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Vitter Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--3 DeMint Lee Paul ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1 Schumer NOT VOTING--5 Heller Kirk Murkowski Tester Wicker The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action. ____________________”