Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 45, nays 52, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 192 Leg.] YEAS--45 Alexander Barrasso Bayh Bennett Bond Brown (MA) Brownback Burr Chambliss Coburn Cochran Collins Conrad Corker Cornyn Crapo Dorgan Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Gregg Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Klobuchar LeMieux Lincoln Lugar McCain McConnell Murkowski Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Risch Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Vitter Voinovich Webb Wicker NAYS--52 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Boxer Brown (OH) Bunning Burris Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey DeMint Dodd Durbin Feingold Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson Kaufman Kerry Kohl Kyl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--3 Byrd Roberts Warner The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 45, the nays are 52. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for adoption of this amendment, the amendment is withdrawn.”