Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) would have voted ``yea.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 30, nays 68, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 43 Leg.] YEAS--30 Alexander Ayotte Boozman Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Corker Cornyn DeMint Graham Grassley Heller Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kyl Lee Lugar McCain McConnell Moran Paul Portman Roberts Rubio Toomey Vitter Wicker NAYS--68 Akaka Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Collins Conrad Coons Crapo Durbin Enzi Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Risch Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Sessions Shaheen Shelby Snowe Stabenow Tester Thune Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--2 Hatch Kirk The amendment (No. 1736) was rejected. Amendment No. 1785, as Modified The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 2 minutes of debate, equally divided, prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 1785, as modified, offered by the Senator from Tennessee, Mr. Corker. The Senator from Tennessee.”