Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 48, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 242 Leg.] YEAS--48 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Baucus Bennet Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Corker Cornyn Crapo Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Klobuchar Kohl Kyl Lee Lugar Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Moran Paul Portman Risch Roberts Sessions Shelby Snowe Tester Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Vitter Webb Wicker NAYS--47 Akaka Begich Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Hoeven Johnson (SD) Kerry Landrieu Leahy Levin Lieberman Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Rubio Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Udall (NM) Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--5 Boxer DeMint Kirk Lautenberg Warner The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. The Senator from Maryland.”