Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 32, nays 63, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 293 Ex.] YEAS--32 Barrasso Brown (MA) Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Cochran Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kirk Kyl LeMieux McCain McConnell Risch Roberts Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Vitter Wicker NAYS--63 Akaka Alexander Baucus Begich Bennet Bennett Bingaman Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Collins Conrad Coons Corker Dodd Dorgan Durbin Feingold Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lincoln Lugar Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Voinovich Warner Webb Whitehouse NOT VOTING--5 Bayh Bond Brownback Gregg Wyden The amendment (No. 4855) was rejected. Vote on Amendment no. 4878 The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Udall of Colorado). Under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to the Risch amendment No. 4878. The Senator from Massachusetts.”