Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 116 Leg.] YEAS--51 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson (SD) Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--46 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Kyl Lee Lugar McConnell Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--3 Gillibrand Kerry McCain The motion was agreed to. <bullet> Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for the vote on the motion to table the motion to proceed to the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, H.R. 2560. If I were able to attend today's session, I would have supported the motion to table the motion to proceed to the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, H.R. 2560.<bullet> <bullet> Mr. McCAIN. Mr.…”