Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 73, nays 24, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 175 Leg.] YEAS--73 Akaka Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coats Coburn Conrad Coons Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Durbin Enzi Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Hagan Harkin Inouye Johanns Johnson (SD) Johnson (WI) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Portman Pryor Reed Reid Risch Rockefeller Rubio Sanders Schumer Sessions Shaheen Stabenow Tester Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--24 Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Cochran Collins Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Kyl Lee Lugar McCain McConnell Paul Roberts Shelby Snowe Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--3 Kirk Moran Udall (NM) The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.”