Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would have voted ``nay,'' and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 53, nays 36, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No.…”