Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 69, nays 30, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 247 Leg.] YEAS--69 Akaka Alexander Baucus Bayh Begich Bennet Bennett Bingaman Bond Boxer Brown (OH) Burris Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Dodd Dorgan Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Goodwin Grassley Gregg Hagan Harkin Inouye Johanns Johnson Kaufman Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Kyl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lincoln Lugar McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Voinovich Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--30 Barrasso Brown (MA) Brownback Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Feingold Graham Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson LeMieux McCain McConnell Risch Roberts Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--1 Murkowski The bill (H.R. 3081), as amended, was passed. The amendment (No. 4682) was agreed to, as follows: Amend the title so as to read: ``Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes''. ____________________”