Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 34, nays 59, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 295 Ex.] YEAS--34 Alexander Barrasso Brown (MA) Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Cochran Collins Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kirk Kyl LeMieux McCain McConnell Murkowski Risch Roberts Sessions Snowe Thune Vitter Wicker NAYS--59 Akaka Baucus Bennet Bennett Bingaman Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey 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 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--7 Bayh Begich Bond Brownback Gregg Shelby Wyden The amendment (No. 4895) was rejected. Vote on Amendment No. 4860 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to amendment No. 4860 offered by the Senator from Arizona.”