Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 38, nays 61, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 123 Leg.] YEAS--38 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Hatch Heller Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johnson (WI) Kyl Lee Manchin McCain McConnell Murkowski Paul Portman Risch Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NAYS--61 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Grassley Hagan Harkin Hoeven Inouye Johanns Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lugar McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Roberts Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--1 Kirk The amendment (No. 2192) was rejected. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.”