Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) would have voted ``yea.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 47, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 151 Leg.] YEAS--47 Alexander Barrasso Bayh Bennet Bennett Bond Brown (MA) Brownback Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Feingold Graham Grassley Gregg Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kohl Kyl LeMieux Lugar McCain McConnell Nelson (NE) Pryor Risch Roberts Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Udall (CO) Vitter Voinovich Wicker NAYS--46 Akaka Baucus Bingaman Boxer Brown (OH) Burris Byrd Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Dodd Dorgan Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Inouye Johnson Kerry Klobuchar Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (FL) Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Stabenow Tester Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--7 Begich Harkin Kaufman Lincoln Murkowski Shaheen Specter On this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays are 46. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. The point of order is sustained, and the amendment falls. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut. Amendment No. 3986”