Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) would have voted: ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 41, nays 58, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 48 Leg.] YEAS--41 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Harkin Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Kohl Lautenberg Leahy Levin Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--58 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Hagan Hatch Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Klobuchar Kyl Landrieu Lee Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Moran Murkowski Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Paul Portman Pryor Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Tester Thune Toomey Vitter Warner Webb Wicker NOT VOTING--1 Risch The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 41, the nays are 58. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. The question is on the third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”