Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Hagan). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 64, nays 27, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 122 Ex.] YEAS--64 Akaka Alexander Ayotte Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Corker Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Hagan Hoeven Hutchison Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCain Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Snowe Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--27 Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Grassley Hatch Heller Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kyl Lee McConnell Paul Portman Risch Roberts Sessions Shelby Thune NOT VOTING--9 Casey Harkin Johnson (WI) Kirk McCaskill Moran Rubio Toomey Vitter The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.…”