Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) would have voted ``yea,'' and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) would have voted ``yea.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 74, nays 8, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No.…”