Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 33, nays 61, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 8 Leg.] YEAS--33 Alexander Barrasso Bayh Bennett Brownback Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Gregg Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kyl LeMieux McCain McCaskill McConnell Risch Sessions Shelby Thune Vitter Wicker NAYS--61 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Bond Boxer Brown Burris Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Dodd Dorgan Durbin Feingold Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Grassley Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson Kaufman Kerry Kirk Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lincoln Lugar Menendez Merkley Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Snowe Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--6 Byrd Mikulski Roberts Voinovich Warner Webb The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 33, the nays are 61. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this division, the division is withdrawn. Amendment No. 3303, Division IV There will now be 6 minutes for debate equally divided on Coburn Division No. IV. The Senator from Oklahoma.”