Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 204 Leg.] YEAS--50 Akaka Baucus Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Snowe Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--44 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Boxer Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hutchison Inhofe Johanns Johnson (WI) Kyl Lee Lugar McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--6 Begich Harkin Hoeven Isakson Kirk Landrieu The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Hagan). On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 44. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is rejected. The point of order is sustained and amendment No. 2875 falls. The majority leader.”