Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 60, nays 35, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 174 Leg.] YEAS--60 Akaka Baucus Bayh Begich Bennet Bingaman Bond Boxer Brown (OH) Burris Byrd Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Conrad Dodd Dorgan Durbin Feingold Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Gregg Harkin Inouye Johnson Kaufman Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--35 Alexander Barrasso Bennett Brown (MA) Brownback Bunning Burr Coburn Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Hagan Hatch Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kyl LeMieux Lugar McCain McConnell Risch Roberts Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Voinovich Wicker NOT VOTING--5 Chambliss Hutchison Lincoln McCaskill Vitter The amendment (No. 4299) was agreed to. Vote on Amendment No. 4273 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under previous order, the question is on agreeing to amendment No. 4273. The yeas and nays were previously ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.”