Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 37, nays 57, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 9 Leg.] YEAS--37 Alexander Barrasso Bayh Bennett Brownback Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Feingold Graham Grassley Gregg Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kyl LeMieux Lugar McCain McConnell Murkowski Risch Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Vitter Wicker NAYS--57 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Bond Boxer Brown Burris Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Dodd Dorgan Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson Kaufman Kerry Kirk Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lincoln McCaskill Menendez Merkley Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--6 Byrd Mikulski Roberts Voinovich Warner Webb The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 37, the nays are 57. Under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of the division, the division is withdrawn. The Senator from Kansas is recognized. Amendment No. 3309 to Amendment No. 3299”