Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) would have voted ``nay.'' The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 72, nays 22, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 169 Leg.] YEAS--72 Akaka Barrasso Baucus Begich Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boozman Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Durbin Enzi Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Hagan Harkin Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCaskill McConnell Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Shelby Stabenow Tester Thune Udall (NM) Vitter Warner Webb Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--22 Ayotte Burr Coats Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Grassley Hatch Johnson (WI) Kyl Lee McCain Moran Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Snowe Toomey NOT VOTING--6 Alexander Bennet Coburn Inouye Kirk Udall (CO) The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 72, the nays are 22. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to and the point of order falls. The majority leader is recognized.”