Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Shaheen). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 71, nays 21, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 230 Ex.] YEAS--71 Akaka Alexander Begich Bennet Bennett Bingaman Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Burris Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Corker Dodd Dorgan Durbin Feingold Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Goodwin Graham Hagan Harkin Hatch Inouye Johanns Johnson Kaufman Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy LeMieux Levin Lieberman Lincoln Lugar McCain McCaskill Menendez Merkley Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Sessions Shaheen Shelby Snowe Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (NM) Voinovich Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--21 Barrasso Bond Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Grassley Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Kyl McConnell Risch Roberts Thune Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--8 Baucus Bayh Brownback Enzi Gregg Mikulski Murkowski Udall (CO) The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate will resume legislative session. Vote Explanation <bullet> Mr.…”