Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) would have voted ``yea.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 48, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 148 Leg.] YEAS--48 Alexander Ayotte Blumenthal Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Cornyn Crapo DeMint Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Kyl Lee Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCain McConnell Menendez Moran Murkowski Nelson (FL) Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NAYS--48 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin McCaskill Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--4 Barrasso Corker Enzi Paul The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 48, the nays are 48. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. Amendment No.…”