Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 33, nays 65, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 33 Leg.] YEAS--33 Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Harkin Inouye Johnson (SD) Klobuchar Kohl Lautenberg Levin Lieberman McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (FL) Reid Rockefeller Schumer Stabenow Tester Udall (NM) Wyden NAYS--65 Akaka Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Casey Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagan Hatch Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kerry Kyl Landrieu Leahy Lee Lugar Manchin McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Nelson (NE) Paul Portman Pryor Reed Risch Roberts Rubio Sanders Sessions Shaheen Shelby Snowe Toomey Udall (CO) Vitter Warner Webb Whitehouse Wicker NOT VOTING--2 Kirk Thune The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts. Change of Vote”