Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 58, nays 37, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 291 Ex.] YEAS--58 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Collins Conrad Coons Dodd Dorgan Durbin Feingold Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lincoln Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse NAYS--37 Alexander Barrasso Bennett Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Cochran Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kirk Kyl LeMieux Lugar McCain McConnell Murkowski Risch Roberts Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Vitter Voinovich Wicker NOT VOTING--5 Bayh Bond Brownback Gregg Wyden The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table, and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action. ____________________”