Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback). The result was announced--yeas 70, nays 23, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 222 Leg.] YEAS--70 Akaka Baucus Bayh Begich Bennet Bingaman Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Burr Burris Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Conrad Corker Dodd Dorgan Durbin Ensign Feingold Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Goodwin Grassley Hagan Harkin Hatch Inouye Isakson Johnson Kaufman Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lincoln Lugar McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Shelby Snowe Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Voinovich Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--23 Alexander Barrasso Bennett Bond Bunning Chambliss Collins Cornyn Crapo DeMint Graham Johanns Kyl LeMieux McCain McConnell Murkowski Risch Roberts Sessions Thune Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--7 Brownback Coburn Enzi Gregg Hutchison Inhofe Murray The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. A quorum is present. The majority leader is recognized.”