Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Wyden). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 43, nays 54, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 108 Leg.] YEAS--43 Begich Bingaman Boozman Boxer Brown (OH) Cardin Collins Conrad DeMint Feinstein Franken Graham Grassley Heller Johnson (SD) Klobuchar Kohl Leahy Lee Levin McCain McCaskill Merkley Murkowski Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Paul Pryor Reed Rockefeller Sanders Sessions Shaheen Shelby Snowe Stabenow Thune Toomey Udall (NM) Vitter Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--54 Akaka Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Baucus Bennet Blunt Brown (MA) Burr Cantwell Carper Casey Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Coons Corker Cornyn Crapo Durbin Enzi Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Hatch Hoeven Inhofe Inouye Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kerry Kyl Landrieu Lautenberg Lieberman Lugar Manchin McConnell Menendez Mikulski Moran Murray Portman Reid Risch Roberts Rubio Schumer Tester Udall (CO) Warner Wicker NOT VOTING--3 Blumenthal Hutchison Kirk The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. Amendment No. 2109 Under the previous order, there will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 2109, offered by the Senator from Vermont, Mr. Sanders.”